Black Forest Glass and Clocks

Today the Kletts and I drove to the northern part of the Black Forest. We went to see the last traditional glass producer in Germany and to see the world's biggest cuckoo clock. At the glass smith you could see them making vases and other glassware by spinning and blowing and the glass had cool colours all mixed in to make cool effects. There was also a bit of history about glass production in the 15th Century and even some glass from Ancient Rome in 100 AD. They also had information about rocks and gems and there were some Australian opals and some obsidian (natural glass and in my opinion one of the coolest gems/rocks) from Vesuvius (Emily can tell you all about Vesuvius). Naturally the world's biggest cuckoo clock is in no place other than the Black Forest. It is a completely special design with not a single part taken from mass production. Some specs of the clock include;
Time of construction - 5 Years
Weight of the mechanism - 6 Tonnes
Size of the mechanism - 4.5 metres x 4.5 metres
Weight of the cuckoo - 150 kilograms
Size of the cuckoo - 4.6 metres
Weight of the pendulum - 100 kilograms
Size of the pendulum - 8 metres
Biggest diameter of the wheels - 2.6 metres

Here is a video I recorded of the clock striking 4 o'clock