Hi there, we are thinking of doing the same route from calais to the black forest, have you any tips/info to help?I can thoroughly recommend Germany for your next holiday, we did the Romantic Road a couple of years ago, see www.romanticroad.com drove from Calais to Wurzburg on first day then spent 5 days travelling no more than 200miles. The country side and scenery is fantastic and I can honestly say I have never met nicer people anywhere.