Colors of Alsace

July 30, 2022

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Today a lovely ride in the countryside to the northeast of Saverne. The predicted heat wave isn't quite here yet, but it got hot on the road around one, not unbearable, something like 27C, and it was good to be back in our room in the early afternoon.

Our first kilometers are along the Canal Marne-Rhine, going in the opposite direction from yesterday's canal ride. We soon left the canal bike path for a ride through villages and gentle hills. I was intent on capturing the brilliant and bold colors, so characteristic of the region. Not a color of the rainbow has been left out.

Chateau Rohan of Saverne - we haven't been inside yet

Looking back to Saverne and Chateau Rohan

We had views over dry countryside of harvested fields. To the one side we often see the Vosges mountain range and running parallel to it across the Rhine the mountains of the Black Forest/Schwarzwald in the distance in Germany.

There has been an error in planning the route (it was me) and we have a stretch of very uncomfortable gravel. But it connects to where we want to go so we persevere.

The highlight of the day was discovering the many hues and shades the houses in the villages and towns are painted in. To call them bright would be an understatement, maybe bold or wild? In German there is the word 'farbenfroh', which translates literally as color happy. Maybe that says it best.