Breisach, Germany and Alsatian Wine Villages in France: Kayserberg and Riquewihr

Misoprostol for sale without prescription We docked at 5:45AM, at Breisach, Germany. When dawn broke, it was another grey, overcast morning with periods of light rain. Undeterred we headed off on our tour of Alsatian villages.

Jenzan Kayserberg is on the eastern edge of the French wine route and was the home of Albert Schweitzer. Kayserberg suffered heavy damage in WWII, and some sensitive reconstruction has restored the town’s character. At one point the brightly colored houses had significance: blue for those who were Catholic, green for those who followed Luther, other colors would signify occupations. Those traditions do not hold fast today. The town was filled with shops and wine degustation rooms. Many were closed, after all it was Monday morning! Some were open, a baker had prepared fresh macaroons not to be confused with macaron.  After a short time in town, we headed up the route des vins that stretches along the foothills of the Vosages Mountains (which had snow last week). Verdant vineyards stretched out under the cloudy skies, occasionally dotted with workers harvesting grapes. The mist or fog on the Vosages lent an ethereal atmosphere – like it was preparing for Halloween. Here, unlike what we saw previously in Germany, the vineyards did climb up steep terrain, rather more like rolling slopes.

We found ourselves in Riquewihr, a small picturesque town whose layout is the same as it was in the Middle Ages. Here we found cobblestone streets, pretty homes and shops, interesting iron commercial signs, and window boxes bursting with color. Our wandering was cut short to return to the River Queen. Some in our group were heading on to an optional excursion of the Black Forest this afternoon. We elected to pass, since we lave rented a house beginning Saturday for a week in the Black Forest and figured we would be able to discover it more completely.

This afternoon we wandered into Breisach to explore that little village.  For our afternoon awl we had mild weather and occasional sunshine, something that had been lacking, of course overcast skies make for good photography, or so were told.

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