"Today is a Good Day to Drive!" .....Van-Go

We ate at Au Pont Saint Martin in Strasbourg, France

We walked to Petite France and it was decided to eat at Au Pont St. Martin We all ordered the Stewes fillet of perch and enjoyed a good French  or Belgium beer We of course had to have desert. There was Creme Brulee A Carmel delight. And our choice, a chocolate cream pie with dark chocolate syrup and almonds. Yum. Our view across the river....

A short drive took us to Molsheim, the cradle of Bugatti cars. The trade name was created by Ettore Bugatti in the early 1900s. Most renowned are the racing cars  that scored over a thousand victories between 1924-1939 during Grand Prix racing, and the luxury car, Royale, that had only six built in 1930. Today the name is owned by Volkswagen. This is the Metzig (1583) or great butcher's shop dominating the central square with its double stairway and clock figures. This is the second stop where we find a carousel.  Beautiful persepctives along the way... Behind us you can see the Blacksmith's Gate (14th century) a vestige of the Mediaeval town walls. We arrived back at our hotel Best Western Europe and Ksenia made several tries with everyone's directions to back the car into the tiny space. She was successful! Nous l'avons fait revenir sains et saufs

The wine cellars of Marlenheim's winegrowers are always the right temperature to taste Alsatian wines:  After looking a few wineries we picked Mosbach and entered the Cave, wine cellar. Mosbach is a small winery and our host, Paul is fifth generation. He gave us a grand tour of the cave:    We were at a slight disadvantage not speaking French, but we got the general idea as he pointed things out. Olga and Igor have planned this trip for two years and were here to taste the wines and were not disappointed. Paul brought out lots of bottles and glasses for all. He carefully poured a sample of each wine. There was a cup for spitting out if you chose just to taste, but sipping each was very enjoyable. Not understanding what he said about each one, we sampled each and came to our own conclusions. We enjoyed the Riesling best. Kathy was fascinated with the Mirabella, a plum wine liquor; strong but smooth.  Olga and Igor bought not only wine but a set of wine glasses too. We...