It was a crisp morning and we had a walk round Bergheim and then had lunch at the Hotel just inside the main gate to the town. We had a lovely meal, but it took 2.5 hours and most of the day!
We then drove to Chatenois, about 7 miles up the road and parked at the aire. We then walked to Kientzheim. Unfortunately the tourist info office was closed. We walked back on the old Roman road, which is now a cycle track and back to the van. We were so full we couldn’t eat any tea and had an easy night in front of the telly.
SUNDAY 7 OCTOBER
We said goodbye to our hosts the Meyer family. It had been an excellent stay at Voegtlinshofen and this France Passion site was the best we had stayed at. We were made very welcome and bought some excellent wine.
It was a dull morning and we drove to Turckheim, another beautiful, medieval walled Alsacion town. It stared to rain, so we got the brollies out and went into town. There was a very Germanic faire with nouveaux vin, german band, market stalls and flame kuchen.
After lunch we drove to Niedermorschwihr and had a look at the famous jam maker Christine Verber’s shop. At 7.50 for a small pot of jam we were lucky it was closed!
We then set off for Riquewihr where we thought we would eat at the Michelin star restaurant La Table Gourmet. The town was full of tourists, which was such a contrast to the other villages we had visited, probably because they have a coach park. The restaurant looked at bit too pretentious for us and the menu was not very inspiring. The cost may also have influenced us!
We decided we could do much better at a less touristy place. We remembered a lovely town, called Bergheim, that we had visited 2 years earlier. We parked up just outside the walls and walked in. We had flame kuchen and frites for tea, marvellous!
We found a really nice restaurant for the next day and then back to the van to watch the Grand Prix. We had found a satellite channel that had the race on a loop, so Bill and I spent a nice couple of hours planning our New Zealand trip and watching the race.