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April 22nd 2009
Published: April 23rd 2009
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One of many wine villages in the area. Looking for the wine maker Lichtle.
Wednesday 22 April

Mrs. Kimmel, the German woman we met at the hotel the other day, was absolutely right. The small wine village in the Alsace area was adorable. Vineyards around the whole village, and the wine maker’s picturesque shops in the city. The only problem was that the wine maker Lichtle with “chamber du hotes” apparently had closed. No one in sight at that place. We walked the village and found a hotel. A pretty standard hotel, but with a nice English speaking man behind the counter, and a fantastic surrounding. Grapevine plantings as far as you can see! This time our terrace didn’t go to the pool, but directly to the vineyard. You can imagine this place in the autumn, when you just could reach out your hand and grab a couple of grapes!

We went to a supermarket and bought some ham, a baguette and a bottle of the local rosé wine and had a nice dinner on our porch with the vineyard as a backdrop. And since the breakfast was served earlier than normal, a quarter to ten, we decided to start next day’s trip a little bit earlier than usual and really try to
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You can buy wine in practically every corner in this old village
get somewhere… We suddenly became aware of the fact that with the tempo we had kept so far, ca 250 to 300 km a day, it will take weeks to get home…

Next day we’ll pass the border to Germany and are really committed to step on it on the Autobahn.

Talking about driving. After five weeks of driving in the southern France and now three days of driving highways, I’m still amazed over the French’s good driving skills. They tend to drive at the right speed, they have a polite attitude, and they drive safe, keeping spaces between the cars, and are frequent users of the turn signal. The highways are also really great, smooth and well tended, 130 km/hour is the speed limit which everyone seems to obey and it’s a real joy to drive and to use the rest areas as well. Clean and tidy. When you pass the border to Germany…. everything changes and you really have to keep you eyes everywhere all the time, everything can happen here! On the other hand, it’s free… You can pay your lunch with the same amount of money you pay when you pass the tolls in France.

Next stop Germany!

/J




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23rd April 2009

Hi! Many thanks for your hospitality and all fun and enjoyable days we had with you in Bonson. After our trip back to Rom, we now are back on track again… How does mrs. Kimmel looks like? She sounds so coooool… Take care, /K
24th April 2009

How funny you mentioned it, K!
As a matter of fact, we were thinking of you two, K and P, when we met Mrs Kimmel and her husband. She was the one with all the knowledge of the wine makers and the highways in Europe. He didn't care too much where to go, as long he get to drive his Porsche. They seem to have a great life together! And by the way, she was really cool. And of course she talked fluent French and English, and Spanish as well we learned, but didn't had the chance to check. /J

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