Inter-Hotel Colbert 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

... drunk that I was sick ha ha should have listened to Ian.

Monday

I did feel terrible today hung over and feeling really dizzy again, I threw up again so not much going on for us today. I did manage to have a little walk to a market but it was not open and then we walked a bit more in Mulhouse its shocking ha ha. We have decided to go to the Autumn fair tomorrow so that should be a little bit more exciting sorry ha ha.

... 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.

Otra vez en Francia. En la rivera del alto Rhin Colmar es un ejemplo de ciudad medieval bien conservada, con casas de entramado estilo alsaciano y canales llenos de vida. Conserva perfectamente el ambiente urbano de las ciudades centroeuropeas que nacieron alrededor de las rutas comerciales.

... mais c'est déjà dépaysant. après le musée des Beaux Arts le Dimanche Matin, on profite d'un temps digne de celui que j'ai laissé sur Avignon pour aller prendre l'air et la verdure au parc Botanique et zoologique de Mulhouse qui vaut vraiment un détour.

... affordable wine thanks to some young vintners (the French equivalent of 4H, I suppose.) Attila had a bottle of wine and I had a tarte flambe... a sort of thin-crust pizza with ham and onions and without the sauce. After lunch, we cruised the town and did a little shopping for souvenirs. I checked out the Unterlinden museum, but not being an art officienado, I found it a little flat.

We ...

This was what I really came to Europe for. Freiburg was just the beginning of an awesome adventure for me. The mountains and the forest and the cake. We caught a cable car up to the top of the mountain and wandered in the snow. Got some great photos. We made Freiburg our base and toured a fair bit around the region. Spent a night here and there and came back to Freiburg for the festival. Took about two hundred photos in two hours one day; they had a ...

Call off the debate! Heaven does exist! It is hidden in the north east corner of France and is called Colmar! Colmar is the heart of the Alsace wine region in the middle of the "Route des vins". Like most old french towns, the centre of the city is stuffed with bakeries, pastry shops and plenty of all-purpose shopping. It has a distinction however. The core streets are lined with absolutely gorgeous medieval buildings painted with a traditional flare. During ...

... foothills and climb the slopes of the Vosges, so the towns sit at both the valley floor and up the slopes. In addition, castles dot the hilltops throughout the Vosges, signifying the important strategic location of the area on historic trade routes. Much like our Mosel Valley trip last Easter, we were early for grape season, so the vines themselves were bare. The towns were hit or miss - some were quite busy while some were fairly dead this early in the ...

... came to mind, despite being in France). Anyway, we had fast service served with a smile and all in all, it was a positive experience. By Little Venice in Colmar(a number of cities seem to have these copies of Venice and its canals), we wanted to have our picture taken and it was easier done than said. I just caught someone's attention, pointed at the camera and then at us, said 's'il vous plait' and 'ici' to indicate where ...