Ibis Hotel - Colmar

... losing over € 80,-- instead of possibly only € 20,-- when my friend chose not to eat. Quelle domage!

Happily we managed to spent what we weren't able to consume at the next market!

I would not go back to Ribeauville, yes to Kayserberg! Although, I must admit that this was not my first time to this area, the landscape is delightful, the food however was surprisingly mediocre everytime we ate out. Would love some insider recommendations.

Debra Engler

Made some scrambled egg for breakfast and cups of tea not sure what we are doing today, we went for a little walk around not very exciting and everything was closed as it was sunday. We went on the Internet and back to the room for some lunch of local cheese, pate and bread it was really nice. Its a little boring here and feels like a sunday in Warrington but the whole idea is for us to chill out and relax and recharge our ...

... got so,e food and I cooked a nice steak with pepper sauce. We were meant to be going to the Autumn Fair in Basel but we were too tired and both fell asleep really early. Our first impressions of the place we are at is that the hotel is nice but the area we are in is so rough with massive housing blocks and really rough looking estate people dont think i will be going out at night around here thats for sure.

Arrivée à Mulhouse dans l'après midi après 7h00 de train assez éprouvant, ça fait plaisir de retrouver des amis pas vus depuis longtemps. Visite de la vieille ville de Mulhouse le Samedi, la Ville est Assez industrielle, ce n'est aps encore l'Alsace de Carte ...

... bakers/patisserie shop and had my first millefeuille which was sublime. I thought I'd meander along the Doub to Besancon, a town I'd have liked to have seen. I saw traffic, protesters and police in that order. This was a result of most of public workers (including radio stations) were on strike. Apart from the sheer chaos caused by the police effectively closing down three towns, everyone was in good ...

... with costumes and masks and bands. Damn near froze standing still for that long, but I had a good vantage point for the pictures so I wasn't going to move for fear of losing my spot. After the parade we got stuck into the gluhwein and some hot food then went back to the hostel for a hot shower, then out for dinner. We went to a local brewery that had a restaurant incorporated and had such a good time that we made it a regular while we were there.

... to sample the pride of Alsace. We even picked up a bottle from the winery whose vineyard we hiked through up to the castle. As a side note, the Alsace region specializes in white wine as the climate is more supportive. It worked out well as it is quite warm here these days and a nice Pinot Gris is quite refreshing (I know, sound like an expert right). We took our rejuvenating acquisitions back to our apartment for our own wine tasting party and put our feet up.

... for it. We never did get the mans name but we've come to call him "Dave or Alsace Dave". After lunch went to a wine store next to the fields, and bought 6 bottles of wine. Of course we did some wine tasting. Now normally when you do tastings you shouldn't get drunk. I did a little. I tasted almost all their wines. I wanted to know what they had. This is the end of Colmar. Where to next?

... we can stay out a bit late...then we took the train into colmar for some internet time as the camera is starting to get a bit full tsugumi is wandering the streets and im sitting here with a bunch of nerdy guys wishing it was a better connection so that i could go and eat and pea ;) ive been in here an hour and a half and in about to explode...anyway i hope you guys are all doing well and that youre enjoying reading sorry about the spelling and terible grammar tomorrow were off for germany...