We technically violated our “weekend trips should never be more than a 3 hour drive by car” rule. How can you not do that when you are able to drive to France in a little over 4 hours? It really took us about 5 hours due to that pesky German Autobahn construction. Still, worth the drive…TOTALLY.
Our travels took us to several villages in the Alsace region of France, including Riquewihr, Ribeauville, Kayserberg, and Colmar. While our focus was primarily on all things “Christmas”, the Alsace wine route is also a lovely trip in the autumn time. And man, there was a castle on every hill. Yep, we’ll go back….
Nothing really new to tell you about these Christmas markets except that the town and home decorations were fabulous. Yes, I am already archiving ideas for the Hachie house upon my return. The usual suspects were there this time: mulled wine, food, ornaments, etc. The best food item eaten this weekend were these little Alsatian cookies. If I’d only broken into them earlier, I’d bought a few more while in Colmar.
For those who want to see all the photos from the weekend, check out Alsace Christmas Markets for the photo set for Alsace. Just be sure to click on the set entitled “Alsace Christmas Markets 2005” and then you can watch as a slideshow (I know, the title is so terribly clever).
Some of the photo highlights….
Riquewihr:
Kayserberg:
Ribeauville:
Colmar:
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btw ... ikeep meaning to tell you that you can change the width of your sidebar and your text section so that they both fit alongside each other. just look for some dimenions in your template page and you'll come across it.
I figured there was a way to do it but I could not break the code. I'll research tomorrow.
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