We visited Alsace for the first time in 2019 and it is one of our favorite parts of France. While the tourism infrastructure is well developed it does not feel overrun like other parts of Europe. We really enjoyed the food and the wine in the region as well. Also, while a couple of the entries are marked as Kehl Germany we were based in Germany while we were visiting Strasbourg France.
April 11, 2024 Nancy FR
After I published the blog last night we did something we rarely do, which is go out at night. But the Port Captain strongly recommended that we head back to Stanislas Square after the sun goes down. We were both glad we listened to him. It is a relative short walk to the square, but we noticed that the character of the town had changed. The day town crowd was business people and tourists,
April 10, 2024 Nancy FR
Now that we have been able to move on from the issue with the French court system we can get back to what we come to Europe for, traveling and exploring new places. We were both ready to get going this morning and were up bright and early so we were on the road well before 10 am which is our normal departure time. The first 90 kilometers of our drive today was along
September 25, 2022 Strasbourg FR
We had visited Strasbourg on a previous trip and had really enjoyed it despite the weather being really poor. We decided to give it another look today despite the weather forecast calling for rain. We woke up a little late to some rain tapping on the roof of François, and by the time we got organized to leave it was 10:00. The drive to Strasbourg was 400km’s (about 250 miles) but the road was
May 9, 2019 Strasbourg FR
Today was a day of rest for François but not us. The weather is starting to wear us out a little. We shut in yesterday to let the heavy rain pass thru. Yesterday the weather app was saying it would be better today. They were wrong, today was just as miserable, we had periods of very heavy rain mixed with showers, and the temperatures were in the low 50’s. Our Stellplatz (German for
May 8, 2019 Strasbourg FR
Today we left France for the day. We are parked up in Kehl Germany as it was the best option to visit Strasbourg France. The problem was that when we woke up the weather report had gotten much worst. They were now calling for heavy rain and high winds due to a “Bomb Cyclone’ that was hitting southern France. I think a bomb cyclone is a new more dramatic way to say cold front,
May 7, 2019 Colmar FR
Colmar is by far the largest city we have stayed in so far on this trip while it is only 65,000 people most of the places we have been staying have populations less than 2,000 so it felt quite big. The camp site we are staying at is about 2km’s from the center of the city so we even wimped out and bought day bus passes. It turned out to be a good idea
May 6, 2019 Eguisheim FR
Today we shifted a whopping 10km’s to Colmar. We did make a side trip to another Alsatian town on the way to Colmar. We both woke up about 5 am smelling smoke. I lay there wondering if something was burning when Ton also woke up and asked if we were on fire. This motivated me to get up and check to see if anything was burning in François. It turns out that we
May 5, 2019 Riquewihr FR
The weather had gotten a little better overnight after heavy rain as we fell asleep. While it was still pretty cold and cloudy it was not raining. Today we visited Riquewihr and Ribeauville. They are both listed as must see villages in Alsace. The first stop was Riquewihr as we could walk there from our campground. As we were walking into town Ton stopped me and pointed at what I thought was a
May 4, 2019 Riquewihr FR
The weather has been pretty mediocre. Nearly every day has had some showers and most days the highs have been in the 50’s and lows in the low 40’s so we have been using more gas than normal. Today was supposed to be particularly bad with rain pretty much all day, highs in the low 40’s and lows around freezing. When we woke up this morning the weather app had a pretty ominous warning