
It was a hot day, but not terrible. I really don't do humidity well. The facade of the houses in Colmar is really cool - there are cobble-stone streets and canal-side cafe's.

A cool staircase in Eglise Saint-Martin, Colmar's largest church:

For dinner, we found a little shop that's a lot like Noodles from home. That was fun - we could grab pasta to go for the train ride back. The signs showing what each dish had were pretty amusing.

A nice change of pace from Strasbourg - a cute spot. I believe wine tours leave from there fairly often. A random fact: Colmar was taken over by Sweden during the Thirty Years War, taken back by Louis XIV, annexed by Germany after the Franco-Prussian War, returned to France after WWI, re-taken by Germany during WWII and then reclaimed by France in 1945. This area sure changes hands frequently!
The next side trip is actually today (Saturday) - I am going down to Switzerland again, this time to Bern. Hopefully some cool things will result. :) I am pretty sure I'll be sleeping again on the train before too long...
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