are two typical Alsatian towns.
The architecture,
is fairytale,
meets living history,
with the added benefit of French dessert!
There are little towns like these scattered all over Alsace,
exploring, (note Jupiter near clock tower)
and eating,
here is a delightful way to spend your days!
Cheers to you from beautiful Alsace~
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Oh Cindy, it is simply magical! I shall have to find a way to get there. Thank you so much for sharing this. I knew the region was beautiful as I drove on the northern edge of it several years ago but oh my… x
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Yes. It is pure magic, and the food is this mixture of French and German and so incredibly good. Go off season to avoid tourists. Christmas markets here would be paradise!
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Cindy, I always do my best to avoid tourists, crowds… you get the picture. It sounds lovely. A dear friend is suppose to be here late next month, from Sacramento, and perhaps if I send her this link… ? x
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What a beautiful place! Such gorgeous images, Cindy.
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Ahhhh, honored & humbled. Thank you & cheers too~
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Are you sure that’s not Venus in the western sky?
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Reasonably. I have a better astronomy, non-art photo with four visible moons. This was April in France. Jupiter was in opposition and closest to earth at 414 million miles and dominated the night sky. Venus was visible in the morning. Here is astronomy.com:
“Although Jupiter reached opposition and peak visibility earlier this month (on the 7th), it remains a stunning sight nearly all night. It appears about 30° above the southeastern horizon during evening twilight and climbs highest in the south shortly after 11 p.m. local daylight time. Shining at magnitude –2.4, the giant planet is the night’s brightest celestial object with the exception of Venus, which doesn’t rise until morning twilight commences. Jupiter resides among the background stars of Virgo, 9° northwest of that constellation’s brightest star, 1st-magnitude Spica. When viewed through a telescope, the gas giant’s disk spans 44″ and shows incredible detail in its cloud tops.”
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awww Cindy, Ribeauville & Riquewhir. Riquewhir is a village of Ribeauville. Are they not pretty. they are absolutely one of the prettiest places in France. You reminded me of my adventures there. Alsace is a beautiful region, I am sure you have enjoyed yourself there. Who don’t want to visit Alsace? I have long time friends there that I have known over twenty five years. We still communicate. I cannot wait to visit again. Enjoy yourselves guys on your special tours.
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Yes, we return regularly to Alsace, the food being as big a draw as the charm of the entire region. I am happy you had the opportunity to spend time here. Ribeauville, like Riquewihr, is both a separate town and a region……
http://www.ribeauville-riquewihr.com/en/discover/ribeauville.htm
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I am sure you are enjoying. As mine, I haven’t taken my holiday yet. Since I used to holiday after school closed, I have always holidayed in noisy place where kids and parents were. Now that she’s grown up I go holiday before school close and after summer when everyone returns home. I am preparing to go away beginning of September. Just cannot wait. Enjoy your days and have all the fun!
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Tellement d’histoire!
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Oui! Et une nourriture merveilleuse!
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Wow!! Such beautiful places, Cindy!
Quaint and darling. ..Thanks for sharing with us!
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Thank you for appreciating the charm! ❤
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Oh, what a lovely place to spend some time (though I confess I scrolled real FAST past the desserts, for fear of inadvertently adding a few unwanted pounds, hee-hee!!)
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The biggest thing I fantasize about is beaming over to Europe for various truly epic desserts! They really are better than here.
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Beautiful Cindy, thanks for sharing…
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Thanks more for appreciating!
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You had me at French desserts!! 🙂
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We have the exact same priorities! ❤
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Wow lovely pics!!
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Awww, so kind!
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You’re welcome 😀
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Such wonderful colors!
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Happy colors!
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All beautiful images, as a young man I spent a little time in Europe and I still remember all the delicious desserts!
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Of course you do. I remember each one of my favorites and where they were!
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beautifully expressed
holiday with architecture
& treats 🙂
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Thank you so much! Most kind & appreciated~
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I can imagine living in such a pretty place like that! Hugz Lisa and Lucy girl
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Yes, so can I!! Give Lucy a big hug from me and have a great weekend~ ❤
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I will and you too my sweet friend
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❤ ❤
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Eye-canding and more. -Oscar
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Yes, eye candy and actual French candy!
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Love it. All that colour and jaunty angles. Find out what the designers are eating. 😀
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Laughing…..It was long ago, God only knows what they imbibed!
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Maybe colourful food is an isnpiration. 🙂
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What a beautiful, splendid, magical place! I love it ❤️❤️
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I love you for loving Alsace!
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great places
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Merci beaucoup!
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So cool!
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Merci beaucoup~
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The colorful and whimsical look of Alsace is a nice visualization of the concept of *emergence*. The whole culture (Alsatian) has properties one would not expect after just looking at the parts (French & German). Hooray for the bright colors and the bubble bear!
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Yes, it is a wonderful combination and mix of the best of the two cultures, both in architecture and in food~
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Oh you are blessed to have been to such beautiful places. Thanks for sharing a piece. 🙂 x
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Thank you for appreciating dear one and have a wonderful week~ ❤
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You too my friend. ❤
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❤ ❤
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I have never been but now I really want to go. What beautiful, enticing photos!
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Oh, I hope you do go and post your photos when you do!
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I’d love that!
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They’re so much more picturesque than the average house in the UK! Those French desserts have really made my mouth water. They look mega-yummy and so stylishly presented.
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Yes, the US suffers from hum-drum-houses much more than the more charming UK. Everything beige, on cream, on beige. Did you know I once got in trouble from a homeowners association because my front garden flowers were too numerous and too colorful!
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What sort of murky dismals would complain about colourful flowers? They’d be horrified at my garden, with my flamboyant tuberous begonias, striped petunias, and geraniums! If I got a complaint like that, I’d plant twice as many the next year.
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I was so incensed you would not believe it! I love your term, murky-dismals! I’m going to use this if I ever encounter people like this again, which hopefully, I won’t.
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Murky Dismal is a character who spreads gloom in the Rainbow Brite book I used to read to my daughter. If you click on the link below, you can read about him and see why I drew an analogy between him and those miserable anti-flower brigade! http://www.rainbowbrite.net/characters/murky.html
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Oh my gosh! ” Smiles and bright colors send him into fits of frenzy because such things are just too cheerful for words.”
This describes those folks so perfectly. I remember one of them walking around with a clipboard, taking notes on neighbor violations. I am not making this up. When we sold and moved to The Holler, one of these murky-dismals, asked me, “Where are you moving?”
I responded, “Very far out in the country, where there are no home owners associations.”
It felt good saying this.
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Brilliant. I love it. Well said 😀
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What a delightful place, Cindy and I love French desserts! 🙂
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French desserts making overseas flights worthwhile!
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🙂
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Love it!
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So great to hear from you! Hope you are well & thank you~
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Was für wundervolle Fotos, liebe Cindy!
In Ribeauville war ich auch einige Mal – es ist einer der schönsten Orte, die ich je gesehen hab.
… ist aber inzwischen lange her.
Alles Liebe,
Michael
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Ich bin so froh, dass du Ribeauville gesehen hast! Vielen Dank für Ihren sehr freundlichen Kommentar und eine wundervolle Woche!
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Stunning photographs, Cindy. I couldn’t pick a favourite, they’re all so beautiful.
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Awww, so kind of you & so appreciated too!
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Wow, wow and I want to be there NOW! It looks just magical there!!! Beautiful shots too!
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Awww, honored, thank you & cheers to you too!
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Very lovely photos!
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Merci beaucoup!
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You’re welcome.
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❤
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I love these pictures! A great start to my day!
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Ahh, happy it lifted your morning & have a wonderful weekend!
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Great photos, what a delight, Cindy, to visit the cobbled streets and charming stores in Alsace. And those French desserts…positively beckoning!
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Thanks my friend and yes, they make flying across The Atlantic worthwhile!
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Absolutely gorgeous! Travelled this area as a young girl of 17 and loved them. I have to go back!!!Thank you for fantastique photos.
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I hope you do go back, off season, not that much has changed in the old towns at least which is nice to know!
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I remember how much I loved this…but we only have old slides. Your photos are so colourful and make me want to see these places with mature eyes.
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Wow this makes me feel in need of a holiday there, were they welcoming to tourists, we’re hearing all the time now that so many places in Europe have had enough of visitors.
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Porto is crowded with tourists, even off season, and I think the locals are a bit tired of it. I don’t blame them. Other parts of Portugal like Aveiro and the smaller towns are incredibly beautiful, uncrowded, and you will feel very welcomed in these charming towns.
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There are no people! That makes it even more magical.
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It is crowded even in off season. We were staying in an apartment and I took these photos at dusk after the day tourists had left~
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Simply beautiful set of photos – original and interesting as always ! Bye. Kamila
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Love your blog and wandering ❤ my friend & cheers!
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What an amazing place! It really would look quite old fashioned if it wasn’t for the occasional car in the background and the type of photographs taken of this place. Thank you for posting about it. It is a great place to learn about.
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Yes, in sepia minus signs, cars, and electric cables, the place could look completely vintage, which of course it is!
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