Colmar - Day 11

Another perfect day! Can you find Judy in the second pic? Hint, we are staying in that room. The 3rd pic was taken in 2014 in the Loire as we celebrated our 25th anniversary. Pic 4 was taken today as we celebrate our 35th.

Great breakfast to start the day. We visited a local Dominican (as in Domi Canes - wolves of God) church - austere but beautiful. It featured a famous panel: Virgin of the Rose Bush, which was stolen in 1972 and recovered in 1973.

Then onto meet Marina, our expat Ukrainian tour guide who has been here for some 20 years. She was loads of fun with an oncology degree and other degrees (one from Korea) whose main job is Strategic Planning. We walked and talked learning about Colmar, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, creator of the Statute of Liberty, and visiting a local wine shop. It was a 1 hour tour, but she spent over two hours with us (because we are, like, so much fun).

Finally, onto see the famous Issenheim Altarpiece at the Unterlinden Museum. It is a masterpiece created between 1512 and 1516 with multiple panels that can be unfolded all to comfort those with Saint Anthony’s Fire, caused by ergotism, a rye fungus, that had a high mortality rate with some 83 documented outbreaks one of which occurred in France in the 10th century causing 20,000 - 40,000 deaths.

Another fun, local dinner at a Wistub de Petit Venise. Tomorrow, we are off to London.Read more