After the Black Forest, we continued on to the winery and to Colmar in France. The town was really great- lots of lights at night that really made the town look beautiful, fun stores, great food and beautiful half timbered houses. There was even a section of town known as little Venice that had canals running through it....
The vineyards don't look too great this time of year....Alsace is known for its pastries. Kugelhopf is a well-known cake similar in shape to the American Bundt cake and has raisins with powdered sugar on top. I bought a traditional ceramic Kugelhopf pans with recipes so I can make it at home. The Muscat and Gewurztraminer were my favorites-...
I keep hoping spring is going to get here and stay for good! This has been the longest winter- snow from October to March is just too much! I don't even think the cold or snow is what bothers me- it's just the constant gray, overcast sky. But today was beautiful and sunny and as I was walking...
This weekend I took a trip to Colmar, France and stopped over in the Black Forest ( Schwarzwald in German) for some sightseeing and lunch. I had hoped to do a little hiking but there was still a lot of snow, muddy paths and a frozen lake. The town of Titisee was a really pretty resort town which...
Every man dies, but not every man truly lives -William Ross Wallace- I just noticed that you could add tabs or pages to the blog so I decided to put my Life List- ways I want to live my life- things I want to do before I die- to the top. I look back at it every once...