Wednesday 09/25/19
Today promised to be a big day, so was up at 7:00am to finish packing and cleaning before heading to the train station in Wengen. The day proceeded with multiple trains:
Wengen to Lauterbrunnen was the start. Then Lauterbrunnen to Interlake Ost. Then amazingly, the Interlaken Ost to Speiz train left 5minutes late! Then a change to a Speiz to Bern train where I put my luggage in storage, walked around and found some lunch. After lunch, it was Bern to Basel and then 20 minutes before Basel to Colmar on a French train (what a difference!). From the Colmar station I walked about 15minutes to the AirBnb, a lovely building where Beethovens love interest lived. I screwed up timing, but the owners have the sporting good shop downstairs, so all worked out well, and the owner came and gave me a pretty good walking tour of the town. Colmar looks like it came out of a fairy tale. It’s a mixed feeling being back in France, I love how everything in Switzerland works so well, but the food is difficult for me. Last night I skipped dinner because there just wasn’t anything around that I really wanted to eat. Tonight, a tranche of foie gras, followed by honey roasted duckling accompanied by a small pitcher of Vacqueras…. that’s more like it. Anyway here are pictures from the day.
The AirBnb in Wengen, just perfect for me, didn’t want to leave.
Bern
Bern.
Pumpkin risotto for lunch in Bern.
This is Colmar. The cheap way to make houses was to put up a timber frame, then wattle in between and fill in with mud and plaster. This town was spared bombing in WWII.
Dinner at Le 3, Colmar. Foie gras followed by duckling “Cannette.”
France Explorations 