Colmar, France

The forecast was for more rain.  We considered rearranging our plans, but the forecast was for rain pretty much everywhere all week so we stuck with a day in Colmar, France.   By the time we arrived we had clear blue skies.  What a blessing.  Colmar was gorgeous.   It’s known as little Venice for its canals running through the city.  Between the colorful half-timbered houses, French shutters, baskets of flowers, and old ornate doors, I just about died around every corner.  I just loved it there.  

 For lunch we ate crepes at an outdoor café.  I love this photo, because Katie and Ryan already got their crepes and were just chowing down.  Megan and Emily just stared longingly at every bite.  So sad.  I ordered a sausage crepe.  It was the first savory crepe I have ever had and it was pretty good.

Mmmm.  I love mango gelato.  I always want to try other flavors, but mango is just so hard to resist.  Chris really branched out and got rhubarb, which tasted surprising like rhubarb.  It was really good.

The Unterlinden Museum. 

 While Chris, Chris, Katie and I went to the museum the rest of the group went to hang out at the park and fountain in a large beautiful town square.  We them there when we were done and ran through the fountain a few times.

Chris Johnson had recorded the BYU game from the previous Saturday and managed to not hear scores the entire weekend (perhaps one of the perks of staying in a 400-year-old farmhouse), so we settled in and watched the game for the rest of the night.