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We decide to change our plans and bike the wine trail to Colmar. A wise decision!
Did you know that the average French person eats a pound of fat a day? That’s 8-10 times as much as the US RDA and makes me feel a lot better about our consumption patterns over here. Thanks Rick Steves!
We start with a train ride to Epfing, to cut out the sprawl of Strasbourg
Happy to be back on the bike!
After our lunch break we roll through the more famous of the wine route villages
The scenery is gorgeous - rolling, vineyards covered hills with small town after small town
Castles in the hills
A little window shopping…
A little vins degustation…
We coast the last 5 miles into Colmar and arrive at our inn - a 16th cen winery and house with just six rooms.
Now, I am not a gratuitous toilet picture poster, but look how high this thing is off the ground!
After a rest, we head off to explore Rick Steve’s favorite city in Alsace.
Jose Bartholdi, of Statue of Liberty fame, was from Colmar, and there are a number of monuments to him around town.
Colmar’s muni market where we reload our picnic supplies.
Jackpot! Magnum bars are the rest of the world’s little secret
Whew! Exhausted, we pause at an open air weinstub for a restorative glass of local bubbly
We finish our tour with Colmar’s adorable old quarter of half-timbered houses and canals: Little Venice
We hit Schwendy’s (heh heh) for an all fresco last dinner in France
Some new dishes to report. Here the warm cheese salad has Munster instead of chevre
And rosti - basically roast potato and various goodies baked in a casserole
We indulge in dessert to celebrate our final departure from France. Rhubarb meringue tart…
And a final French ice cream extravaganza
Finished up the Rick Steve’s walking tour with the not-cathedral at night
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