Les Trois Chateaux 7/10/05 - This morning was the coldest it has been so far (except for Chamonix), it was about 5 degrees at 8am. It looked like it could snow, rain or clear up, it was one of those days that cannot decide how it wants to continue. I took a short drive to the village of Eguisheim, which is famous for being the home of Pope Leo, in around the year 1029. There is a church in his honour, plus many statues and as you can tell the village is very proud of it’s ancestor, even if his claim to fame was so long ago. Short distances into the mountains, above Eguisheim, are the ruins of a number of castles, which date back to the days even prior to Pope Leo’s times. The castles
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