Auberge du Cheval Blanc Lembach

Featured Excursion: Strasbourg canal cruise
Optional Tour: Haute Königsburg

"See Strasbourg the way it has been seen through the centuries—on a canal cruise. In addition to viewing the town's covered bridges, medieval watchtowers and modern building that houses the European Parliament, you will see "Petite France," a picturesque district that seems as if it has been lifted from the pages of a fairy tale"

(To be continued)

... hotel is a big picture of the little prince AND apparently the rooms are decorated after different themes from the book. I didn't get to go in but someday I will definitely stay there.
I also saw my first movie in a German theatre which was really cool...I saw Up, I liked it but obviously didn't understand much. Anyway, I definitely recommend it...even just for a few hours!

... sample the therapeutic waters..well Lauren did, she fell in the public fountain..alittle too enthusiastically reaching for a twig.

Then back to the caravan for pasta in a pan and of course Black Forest Gateaux...Frankfurt 5 star Hotel for Stu's birthday is on the cards next..hurrah!

One observation, Germans tend to decorate the gardens of their static caravans with gnomes and model deers, while the Italians opt for a yappy dog on a piece of string.

... house, sort of semi-bored, looking at how hard life was for the German farmer, I discovered life on the farm also involved Natzi's. When I climbed up to the second floor, I found the entire space was dedicated to the Natzi presence in Schwarzwalder. It was laid out like a museum. White walls with photographs of Natzi's and letters hanging on them. Display cases ...

I had planned to visit Strasbourg on three separate dates in the past, all with the same friend. Each time we had to postpone it for one reason or another. Today our plan finally came together. We got in a car with our men and drove out to Strasbourg. My friend is even more organized than me and had everyone download audio guides from Zevisit in our own native language beforehand. Once we got to the city we started our audio tour in ...

Our last day in Alsace... We got up relatively early and had a croissant and juice (tea for Carol) for breakfast. Denise needed to go to the supermarché (supermarket) in Woerth and we decided to go along. We had great fun looking at all the different foods. For a supermarket in a small town (2500 or so), it had a fantastic variety of food (along with clothes, drug store stuff, flowers, potted plants, and more). For instance, there was an entire ...

Today was a holiday (Armistice Day) so Daniel didn't have to work. After breakfast (French bread with honey and leftover quiche lorraine), Daniel and Carol went over what they had found and still need to find, I labeled photos and played on my laptop, and we listened to Jonathan practicing his bass violin (he's very good-and plays piano and guitar as well). We watched Daniel and Denise make lunch-in a ...

We all slept late (including Denise and Bettina). Breakfast was a very good coffee cake, local apple juice, tea for Carol, and water from the local fountain (from a spring). Other days we had croissants, rolls, or just the wonderful French bread with honey or preserves. A light breakfast was in order since when Daniel was home we had our big meal at about 1:00 p.m. when he got home from work. Supper was then a light repast ...

Daniel worked all day so it was just us girls. Carol and I went to see some of the sights in the brochure we picked up at City Hall. We walked out to the old grain mill-a former saw mill-just a little ways from the Lubrez home. Then on the the Manoir Fleckenstein, the manor house of the Fleckenstein family, the local gentry. The old part of Lembach is called Flecken, or stork (we didn't see any storks, but there were lots of crows). The house is vacant except when the owner ...

Carol and I slept late-until 9 am, then had breakfast with Denise: croissants with marzipan inside (which we had many other mornings-wonderful stuff, that Denise bought fresh every morning), French bread and honey, and apple juice. Denise took us to see the peace flame (a symbol of the town, put up in 1995-the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Lembach by US forces and dedicated by US astronaut ...