Today was a busy touring today, we started at LeMont Sainte Odile a former Monastery in the 7th century and later a convent in 14th century which was plunder in 1521 during the peasant wars then burned in 1546. Much of it is no longer left but as couple of incredible little chapels with beautiful mosaic walls and ceilings. I have included some pictures, which do not capture the beauty of the mosaics as well as Bailey and Laura in a burned out tree that still is amazingly alive.
We then headed into Colmar and by this time it had started raining and a cold front moved in following the rain. Colmar is a beautiful city that luckily was spared the bombing in WWII as the American and British military were careful not to bomb the buildings (very thoughtful of them). Colmar is also the birthplace of Frédéric Bartholdi, designer of the Statue of Liberty. The city has an incredible museum, the Underlinden Museum which will spent several hours exploring collections of Roman Colmar to medieval wine-making exhibits to paintings of the High Middle Ages. Sorry no pictures are allowed in the museum, but you are allowed very up close and personal looks at the objects you could actually touch them, however that is not allowed.
Tomorrow we head to Strasbourg for an early morning market and then a day of sightseeing. Weather is suppose to be sunny and 71, a perfect day for sight seeing.
jusqu'à demain
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