Hotel Gerard d'Alsace
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Land of milk and honey?
... sure what I just bought off them but the phone usualy works again so I leave it at that. i topped up the ph ( hooray) while succesfully keeping red off the bank. I rang the office that operates the section of locks and was told it was shut for the day as it is 1 nov. Oh I says. Thought it was the 31st oct. I was supposed to be in a nice warm marina on the first. So I backtracked to find a place to tie up. i found a spot with a lump of metal poking out of the bank about 25 ...
A day trip to colmar
... tasting and dinner with marlin's local work partner.outside of colmar there are a bunch of casteles in the mountains overlooking the small farming communities. there is one that we were able to drive to and walk around. alythough we are told this isn'tthe best example since it was only built in the 1700s and not ...
Busy busy busy
... was beautiful and you could see the mountains in the distance with a few castles. This area we are traveling is called the Alsace region. It is know for its wine in particular as well as flambé (thin pizza with onions, creme and bacon) and foie grais (duck liver)!!! Did you know the creator of the Statue of Liberty is from here and there are mini replicas and pictures all over! We got into Colmar, France about noon and walked our buns off we went to ...
Visite de Bussang
... on voit les Alpes Suisse. Pas de chance il y a comme un brouillard au fond et on ne voit pas bien. On fait une petite randonné avec des point de vue superbes! Apres, on se dirige sur une autre montagne qui s'appelle la chaume du Drumont. Autre petite rando et Talalam! la chance nous sourit et on voit au loin les Alpes! Ca l'air vraiment immense;on aperçoit les pics blanc. On voit aussi qqls vache Vosgienne!
Sur le chemin ...
France, Colmar
... medicine was making me feel "foggy" and we were both exhausted so we went to bed around 10:00 PM. The next day we spent the morning taking pictures of this historic city. In an area named Little Venice the buildings were lined along a canal and flowers adorned the bridges that crossed the canal. This was my favorite part of the city.
Time to travel approximately 6 hours to our next destination - Dusseldorf ...