Alsace thru-hike day 1

We left Colmar late morning on a bus to a nearby town of Kientzheim, where our walk begins. After walking through this small town, we head into the vineyards on a parked bike trail/road. Weather was sunny and cool. After a few miles, we stopped at the town of Riquewihr for lunch. Each town we pass through is full of Alsatian half-timbered houses, each town cuter than the last. All the charm of Colmar with fewer people. After 6 miles we hit our home for the night, Ribeauville. Also cute. This town has more tourists - mostly French and German, as it's a Saturday and we are on the "wine route". We spent a bit of time at a wine tasting, then decided a dinner of baguette, cheese, wine, and a little chocolate sounded perfect, so we hit the Carrefour for provisions and had a chill evening.Read more