Saturday in Colmar

Bonjour -

The best thing about today is that nothing unplanned or unpleasant has happened.

Colmar is a very quaint Alsacian town - like a mini Strasbourg. Very nice to walk around, lots of cute shops, timber framed old German style houses, cobblestone streets, etc.

The patisseries are amazing - like food museums where everything is for sale! Have probably gained 5 pounds on sweets and bread already!

Great food and wine. Lots of sausages, meats, and cheeses. Wonderful Alsacian wines {Rieslings, Gewertstrumieners], and endless desserts: ice cream, fruit tarts, cheeses, etc.

Getting a haircut this afternoon to treat myself. Let's see what the French can do with the little hair I have left.

The weather is sunny and hot - glad I brought short sleeve shirts and my baseball cap. I purposely brought my Sydney Operahouse cap so I wouldn't be identified as an American.

Love trying to talk French to the people here; many don't speak any English at all.

Looking forward to coming home; fixing the laptop so I can get on the internet is job 1 and that could take 1 day or 1 week.

Hard to believe I've been in Europe for a week already!

Looking forward to a nice quiet dinner tonight (unfortunately by myself), then tomorrow I'll take the train to Strasbourg, overnight there and then fly home on Monday! Yippeeeee!

A.