Riquewihr and Munster, France October 24 2013

buy Ivermectin 3 mg The forecast was bright and sunny, so we decided to head farther west over the Rhine River to Alsace Lorraine. Mike’s affinity for exploring more of this part of France is probably due to the fact that the Rohde’s came from there.

http://davidpisarra.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-automatic/changelog Riquewihr

We took back roads and byways out of the Black Forest, down the slopes to the Rhine, across the Rhine and into France. We meandered through farms and villages getting closer to the Vosages Mountains. The closer we got to the mountains, the slopes changed to vineyards, with the vines now turning yellow in the warm sun.

We drove to Riquewihr, a picturesque touristy town that Mike now claims as his familial home. Fountain in RiquewihrThere is now a special bond with the fountain at the top of the square. It was much more pleasant today in the sun. The last time it was raining pretty hard. We checked out the half-timbered houses, peeked in shops, but stayed away from tasting more Reislings.

 

 

Pat stopped at the Christmas shop and made some purchases of ornaments made in the region.

We left Riquewihr, headed toward Munster, the home of Munster cheese. We found a sunny terrasse in a brasserie in the center of town and enjoyed a cheese based lunch with a glass or two of rose while we waited for the tourist office to open. We hoped to find a farm, open to visitors, making Munster cheese. Alas, the cheese-making demos were at the Maison des Fromages at 11:30 and 2:30 – which we had missed.

We selected onion tarts for lunch with a glass of Rosé

We selected onion tarts for lunch with a glass of Rosé

We headed back across the Rhine toward Zell am Harmersbach and arrived 5:30. Dinner tonight will be sauerbraten, Mike’s style. We also had Figs with Caramel sauce and coconut macrons from France.

We had sauerbraten, red cabbage and carrots.

We had sauerbraten, red cabbage and carrots.
Figs with caramel sauce.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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