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February 17, 2008
Riquewihr, France
Last weekend we decided to head to the nearest ski hill, in the French region of Alsace. Fortunately, it's only a couple hours away. So, it's close enough to make it down and back in a day. However, we decided to stay the night in the charming village of Colmar (which you may remember from our earlier post on this region). The next morning, we made it to the ski hill and had a very enjoyable day on the slopes (albeit a warm one ... it was 11 degrees Celsius that afternoon when we left). However, we left with enough time to stop by one of the 146 Most Beautiful Villages in France ... Riquewihr.
This is a village that hasn't changed much in the last 400 years. Although it has become very touristy, it is still very charming.
Since it wasn't tourist season, we almost had the place to ourselves.
It was fun to wander around and see the beautiful architecture.
After we had sufficiently meandered through the streets, we hopped back on our steed, err, car and headed home.
So, until our next adventure (Berlin)...
--Jim
Posted by jim at February 17, 2008 08:12 PM