Schalkendorf

We got up semi early and actually left on the time we said we would( 8:00 ) . I reckon it was one of the longest drives of my life, my only pause to the boredom of the 7 hour drive was our break for lunch in a really nice park. We passed through all these nice towns that were made when Germany ruled France in the Second World War,and I noticed that the style of the German houses were much more colourful to the dark bricks of French architecture. When we got to our Airbnb we met a lady called Gabby whose family had been in the renovated barn for 6 generations. She showed us around the house and the pool and it was really nice. From our deck we could see the old church which chimed every 15 minutes. They also made home made apple juice that they picked from the orchards around us.

On our second day at Schalkendorf I awoke to the sounds of the church bells that wrung for 15 minutes which would be fine if it hadn’t gone off at 6:00 in the morning!! We spent our day by the pool and having a look around neighbouring towns of which all had there own church. Although our stay here was short,it was a cool experience living in a small French village for two days (but my highlight is still the apple juice)Read more