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setembro - outubro 2024
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  • Meg NylandViajanteEurope '24

    Train day

    12 de setembro de 2024, França ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C

    Long and uneventful travel day. Caught the bus from our Airbnb to the Pontorson train station. We had a few hours to kill, so we meandered through town and found a cafe/bar (on a sheep street, vs umbrella street) to sit at. Coffees, then croque monsuer and a coke. Back to train station and an hour long commuter train to Rennes.

    We had another two hours to waste, so we had a few drinks, then bought sandwiches to eat for dinner.

    The train was a super fast TVG from Rennes to Strasbourg, totalling five hours. Not unpleasant, but I was also ready to get off the train! Our hotel is just a block away, and we're winding down with a glass of wine    Leia mais

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  • Meg NylandViajanteEurope '24

    Colmar

    13 de setembro de 2024, França ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C

    Morning meander around Strasbourg, then caught a train to Colmar. Dropped our bags at the hotel, then walked into town for exploring and lunch. Such a cute town, but very touristic. Back to our room to relax, then dinner near the train station.Leia mais

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  • Meg NylandViajanteEurope '24

    Alsace thru-hike day 1

    14 de setembro de 2024, França ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

    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.Leia mais

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  • Meg NylandViajanteEurope '24

    Alsace thru-hiking day 2

    15 de setembro de 2024, França ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

    Our stay last night was a funky gite over a bakery. This morning's breakfast was included in the price, and it was yummy!

    We started out early today, 8:30, as we expect to walk 14+ miles. It's cold and clear. Today's was basically walking on a bike path through vineyards, alternating with walking through towns (not as charming as yesterdays). We saw storks in the fields. And there are castles everywhere, seemingly one on every hill.

    We walked through a medium size town around noon, and thought we weren't quite hungry yet, so we'd keep going two more miles to the next little town before stopping for lunch. In this part of France, lunch restaurants are only open noon to two, so we've been timing our lunch stops.

    We keep walking to the next town, but as we start looking at what's open on Google maps ..... Not much. One restaurant. Because it's Sunday and most of the town is shut up tight.

    We popped into the one and only open place, only to be told no go, as we don't have reservations.

    It's now one, we're hungry. We look ahead to the next town (which is also our home base for the night), and see exactly one restaurant that closes in an hour.

    So we start walking kinda fast. Luckily about halfway there, we passed a hotel/restaurant on the side of the trail. Bingo! We head in, where the wait staff mumbles about Sunday brunch/fixed menu. Sure, great, we're game!

    It was really good - buffet salads, duck main for me, salmon for Bill. Then more buffet with cheeses, tartes, and other desserts. Wine for me, beer for Bill. We deserved it, we'd walked at least 13 miles at this point. Then we got the bill, and it was €33 per person, plus our beverages. Over €90 for our lunch, way more than our average. Oh well, we chalked it up to an experience and had a laugh!

    We get to our town for the night, and into our cozy Airbnb. But it's still Sunday, so nothing is open. We find the one restaurant in town that is, and have a tarte flambe and a "strasbougiese" salad - which ends up being a cold white sausage and grated cheese. Weirdest salad I've had, I think.

    Todays miles walked: 16    Leia mais

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  • Meg NylandViajanteEurope '24

    Rest day

    16 de setembro de 2024, França ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

    Today was our planned rest day. But it's also Monday, and we know in rural France Mondays mean many things are closed. We chilled out in the morning, then walked down through the very quiet town. We found a wine tasting room and tried some of the local specialties. Then back towards our lodging, we stopped at the little market store and got pre-made sandwiches.

    We knew that our town had no open restaurants this evening, so we decided to take the train to a bigger neighboring town for the afternoon and hopefully dinner.

    We wandered around Selestat, which was also very quiet on this Monday. We stopped into a few cafes for libations, then hoped to get an earlyish dinner so we could catch a 7:16 train home. First place we sat down said their kitchen would open at 5. So we sat around until 5:45, and the kitchen showed no signs of opening. We left and found another place, sat down, and they said their kitchen wouldn't open until 7.

    Bah! So we trained home, walked back through our village that had absolutely nothing open, and back to our Airbnb. Luckily we survived on leftover pretzels and laughing cow cheese, and wine.

    Lesson learned - be cautious staying in very small towns on Sundays and Mondays!    Leia mais

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  • Meg NylandViajanteEurope '24

    Alsace thru-hiking day 3

    17 de setembro de 2024, França ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

    This morning we departed Daumbach and trekked to Obernai. One of our longer hiking days, at 13.7 miles. Again the walk was a mix of vineyards and small towns, with a fair amount of walking along country roads. Weather was supposed to be warmer, but again it was cloudy and cool, with a headwind in our faces all day long.

    We arrived in Obernai around 3, and took a good long rest with our feet up. Then walked around the town, very cute. Dinner, then back to our room fairly early.    Leia mais

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  • Meg NylandViajanteEurope '24

    Alsace thru-hiking day 4

    18 de setembro de 2024, França ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

    We woke up early in Obernai, but today we only had 8 miles to walk. We ate an (overpriced) delicious breakfast at our hotel, then set out about 9:30. Surprise - more vineyards and cute villages! But soon we were in the suburban outskirts of Molsheim. We skirted the main town, and headed straight to the train station, which was packed with high school age kids (love the normalcy of trains and public transportation). A quick 20 min ride for us back to Strasbourg.

    We lunched in a brasserie, then picked up our rolly bags at the hotel. A few blocks walk got us to our Airbnb for the next 3 nights.

    And we rested our tired feet. After a few hours, we went to a fun anniversary dinner where we feasted on bone marrow, duck, and fish and chips. Great day!!    Leia mais

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  • Meg NylandViajanteEurope '24

    Strasbourg

    19 de setembro de 2024, França ⋅ 🌙 17 °C

    Lovely calm day in Strasbourg. Spent the morning doing online chores, bills and such. But then went for a long stroll through the city, with zero agenda. Somehow we walked for hours and 10k steps. The cathedral Notre Dame is quite amazing, especially the exterior.

    We had an afternoon siesta, then amazing dinner.    Leia mais

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  • Meg NylandViajanteEurope '24

    Strasbourg

    20 de setembro de 2024, França ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

    Another relaxing day in this pretty city. We bought a one-day museum pass, and hit four museums! First up we went to the city of Strasbourg history museum, then the Alsatian museum (in a very cool old building).

    Then lunch - we hit up a fast-casual bowls & wraps place. Food was fine, but we've noticed that fast-casual today and yesterday cost almost as much as sitting at a brasserie and having a better meal (plus beer/wine)....only a few euros more, and a much better experience.

    After lunch, we still had an hour to kill before the other museums reopen (almost everything is closed 1-2). So we found a pretty square with cafes, and sat an nursed a drink and watched the world go by - lovely.

    More museums - we went to the Rohan Palace, which houses the fine arts museum, and the decorative arts museum (mostly just walking through the furnishings of the old palace, like a mini Versailles). We skipped the archeology museum in the basement. Now siesta time for us. Legs are still a bit tired from our 2 weeks of walking!    Leia mais

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  • Meg NylandViajanteEurope '24

    Travel day and Beaune

    21 de setembro de 2024, França ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C

    Today was mostly a transit day. We loitered in our Airbnb til nearly noon, then headed toward the train station. But we still had almost two hours before our train, so sat at a cafe and people-watched.

    Got into Beaune at 5, found our new apartment. Then a quick walk into town for some groceries. Back to our apartment and had a short call with Jess.

    Then dinner back in town, Beaune is another charming town - big enough to have stuff going on, but not too big.    Leia mais

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