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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It is fairytale and so colorful! Thanks for sharing your gorgeous photographs, Cindy.
Thanks you more for appreciating them!
Winstub – How two languages and cultures blend together 🙂
Yes! Lovely!
Certainly is fairy tale wonderland. That bear blowing bubbles is so cute. Beautiful capture of Jupiter, Cindy. <3
Very pleased you enjoyed and Happy Friday Olga!
Happy Friday to you also, Cindy. 🙂
Ich wohne nur 1 1/2 Autostunden von diesen Orten im Elsass entfernt im Kt. Aargau Schweiz. Ich bin schon öfters hier gewesen, besuche die Orte jeweils wieder gerne.
Danke Cindy für die schönen Bilder. Ernst
Du bist so glücklich! Du lebst in einem so schönen Teil der Welt. Es dauert etwa 18 Stunden, um hier zu kommen, aber ich besuche immer noch regelmäßig! Glückliches Wochenende Ernst ~
Your colors and composition are wonderful!
Awww, honored! Thank you~
Such a lovely place!
It is indeed & cheers to you!
Fantastic images… as always 😊 must take a stop there next time I am down there..
Yes, I hope you do and post about it too!
I love these quaint little houses.
Aren’t they wonderful. Some of them are converted into hotels or short stay apartmens. We stayed in an apartment on the ramparts that was built in 1250!
Gorgeous, capturing the beauty of the place !
Ahhh, so happy you enjoyed & have a wonderful weekend!
Truly a fairy tale place. I’m really thinking about staying or traveling extensively in this region. Would you mind if I contact you for advice? Thank you so much Cindy! ~Sunny
I would love it! The only thing I enjoy more than planning travel, is traveling!
Thanks Cindy! I will email you 🙂
Hi Cindy, sorry, Somehow I could not find your email address or a contact page so that I could send you my email 🙁 Could you let me know? Thanks!
You took some great pictures. It almost looks surreal -such a beautiful place, yet there are no people.
Actually it was very crowded in Rhiquewhir during daylight hours which is why the photos there were taken at dusk. Ribeauville was less touristed.
The buildings are so unique! I especially love seeing history preserved in this day and age 😃
I do too! We stayed in the city ramparts that were built in 1250!
I bet that created lots of stories to share too 😃
Maybe I will post photos of the apartment and ramparts…….
I look forward to seeing t hem : )
Great!
The towns look so picturesque and the desserts look yummy.
Leslie
I wish I could beam us over right now for some French dessert!
I still remember this little treat I had many years ago. It was a little pettifour in the shape of a bunny.
Leslie
Yummy bunny!
It was indeed! 😉
Such a picturesque setting ~ you’ve captured the feel of these narrow streets while also holding a sense of a community, so different from cities around the world these days. Wonderful photos Cindy, wish you a great weekend!
So great to be in touch with you Randall. Happy Friday my friend~
Thank you for sharing these Cindy – a very magical place! I gained about 50 lbs just looking at those desserts lol! Hugs to you!
Yes, me too, laughing! But it wouldn’t stop from beaming right back over there for some cake and cookies!
Fantastique! Beautiful epostcards, thank you.
Thank you for such thoughtfulness & Happy Friday!
What a pretty pretty place.
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I’ve been there too !!! Lovely places !
I am so glad you have experienced the region firsthand~
What fantastic photos! I love Alsace and you’ve captured it so well. 🙂
Awww, thank you so much & cheers to you~
Beautiful photos of this charming town. Love the winding alleys and streets.
Thank you, Cindy for the delightful walk. 🙂
I just wish we could pop into a patisserie for some pastry!
The architecture is charming and those pastries looked delicious!
I agree with you on both counts and thank you too!
Really wonderful!
So pleased you enjoyed & Happy Friday!
Have a great weekend!
<3
What a fascinating place!. Thanks Cindy
It tends to draw me back again and again~
Ever so pictruesque! Thanks for sharing, Cindy! 🙂
Thank you more for appreciating & happy weekend~
Fairy Tale indeed. Love the colors. You realize you are now responsible for another item on bucket list.
Jeff
Yay!!! Bucket lists are very good for you, especially when you start ticking items off!
Cindy, what beautiful, colourful houses and shops 🙂
Thanks Judy. I love it when entire regions are not afraid of using color!
Me too! 🙂
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Wow these pics looks like they’re straight out of a story book!
Yes, you feel like Alice dropped into a very friendly wonderland!
Storybook charm. And the buildings are as colorful as those pastries. Lovely, Cindy.
They are, aren’t they! I didn’t think of that!
They do look right out of fairy tales, Cindy. I love the narrow streets and how everything looks crooked. It’s magical.
Yes, the crookedness is definitely part of the charm. Who wants a straight street anyway!
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How thoughtful of you and much appreciated too! Merci beaucoup~
You’re very welcome Cindy and likewise 😎
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Very fairy land! And it’s so old, but feels so clean and tidy. Lovely place, and how fab that you got a shot of Jupiter! You know what? I bet Mother Goose lives in one of these towns! 😀
Oh clearly she must, I agree with you. There were storks everywhere who were clearly delivering babies, I have photos of them to prove it, so Mother Goose had to be there, but was just photo shy~
AbsoLUTEly fairytale. Beautiful. Did you see my gal Lorraine? I don’t know where she has gone.
Laughing, she is a beauty indeed!
Oh, I want to go! And hey, not just for the desserts. 😉
No, of course not for the desserts, although you should eat as many as you can justify to yourself! 😉
🙂
Wow! Just, wow!!!
Love that word, especially, twice! Hugs to you Jayden & great to hear from you~
Thank you! It was so amazing I couldn’t think of any appropriate words!!!!
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Hardly seems real. So magical and lovely. Gorgeous photographs and I want dessert, please. Yum.
Yes, me three, I want three. Let’s beam over now!
WOW! What an absolutely charming town!
Little magical storybook towns with amazing desserts, who could ask for more?
Perfection!
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Charming place. I think the whole place is fairytale. The desserts look so tempting. Did you try any of them?
Oh yes, I tried the desserts, but eventually, after one or two, I have to discipline myself like a soldier and just march by them. So sad……..
Like out of a fairy-tale, Cindy! Truly stunning!
Yes! It is wonderful to stay here. We stayed in an apt in the ramparts that were built in 1250! Hugs to you my friend~ <3
Stunning captivating mesmerizing photographs
Awwww, kind, thoughtful, generous friend! <3
Totally charming place! Well captured 🙂
Thanks so much & have a wonderful weekend!
You too, Cindy, thanks!
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Oh good Lord, I had no idea such a place existed. It’s so charming I could die, and it’s now on the list!
Alison
You and I have ever expanding lists because the more we see, the more we want to see!
Exactly!
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So charming! And those desserts, oooh!
Stay tuned, I am posting more french desserts soon. They are so decadent!
Looks something out of a fairy tale. Did you see any pixies?
I saw storks, and I am sure they were delivering babies!
A beautiful fairytale experience Cindy.☺ Enjoyed the trip. ☺
So glad you joined me. It made the experience better!
What wonderful places – they look like they are out of a fairytale.
That is exactly how they feel too, especially when you stay in one of the very old places.
So lovely, romantic and wonderful pictures!
Ah, thank you & happy you enjoyed!
Would love to live here
My husband and I honeymooned in St. Malo France. We were so close to packing up and moving. The life is just simpler and prettier……
You guys are lucky. I may never see such places
Well, be careful saying never, you never (laughing) know what your future holds. I certainly didn’t!
I live in Nigeria. So yeah. But thanks anyway
Now I would like to go to Nigeria. I have only been to South Africa twice, but I never know if I will go…….
I love those houses! 🙂 Wish cities would still look more like that and not full of highrises and traffic… 😉
Glass box high rises. Steel and hard line geometrics. It is all so soul destroying, while this is soul lifting….
… and makes you smile and feel happy.. 🙂
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More stunning travel pictures from Cindy Knoke. This time they’re from Alsace.
You are a lovely friend and I am lucky to know you~ <3