Blogs from Alsace, France, Europe - page 23

Geo: 48.1669, 7.29728After the big drive, and three countries yesterday, we decided to take it very easy this morning. We stayed in our little village (one main street and half a dozen side streets), following the map that the very kind lady in the tourist office gave us (she even rang our hostess for us last night when we arrived, rather than direct us to where there was a public phone and a phone card). The town is very old, with most of the buildings being medieval, and the remains of the walls and towers adding to the charm. The vines are just outside the town walls – you can see them at the edges of the village streets, and we also went for a walk amongst the vines for a lovely view back into town. ... read more

Day 14 - We began the day with a very poor breakfast - they brought it up to our room, which sounded like it would be great, but they failed to bring any milk for the tea.... All I wanted was some tea! We ended up going and having a second breakfast after tipping the milk-less tea and coffee down the smelly drain, and only eating one of the hard-looking croissants. From here we attempted to go to the Palais Rohan, but discovered upon arriving that it didn't open until 12. Luckily it had only been a two minute walk from our second-breakfast, so we headed to the Alsatian Museum instead. Fifteen minutes later, we arrived there to find that it also did not open until 12pm. So we continued on, heading to Petit France to ... read more

This was one of my favorite day trips that we took. A quick drive west maybe an hour or so and we found ourselves in france. Once we crossed the bridge we were met with unfamiliar signs and language. This is a beautiful area. I loved all the old winding narrow streets. We walked near the water. Unfortunately due to the crazy amount of rain and snow melting, the river was too high so we couldnt take the boat tour. She told Nick as friendly as the French do. With luck we stumbled upon the fleamarket I was hoping to find, but everything was too expensive for my wallet. The best part of our afternoon was pizza, pasta, and beer at an outdoor cafe. It was great! There are some really great photos of the Strasbourg ... read more

Please be patient, we're having some technical difficulties... The last month has presented me with a series of technological and administrative difficulties. One December afternoon, I was singing along to cheery Mariah Carey Christmas carol covers, when my itunes keep stopping and my computer began lagging. None of the programs on my computer would respond so I tried restarting it. This is when, what I came to know as the "folder of doom," appeared alone on a blank grey screen. I tried multiple times to restart it with no luck. I looked up what this mysterious symbol of a folder with a question mark meant on Taryn's computer and the news was not pleasant. My hard drive had crashed! Maybe the world was trying to tell me not to listen to Mariah Carey? Straight away Monday ... read more

Day 3……On the way to Colmar, France….after a fantastic breakfast with fantastic views we were on our way to Colmar, France. We had a little bit of a difficult road change which forced me into a power U-Turn, which brought me to an intersection which I found out was a no left turn intersection. This of course was a mere moment of excitement for Gail (she will kill me this year) after I made an illegal left turn and ran over some little bitty rubber things with reflectors on them that separated lanes (Alana tell Loraine she would be proud). Gail is now taking over…They were not little bitty, but tall, at least two feet maybe be bigger, reflectors…I could not believe that Larry ran over three of them… Thank goodness it did not hurt ... read more