Oh my goodness, Colmar is my new favourite place!! It has everything I love ... old painted timber houses, ornate signs, beautiful flowers, lots of places to walk, places to sit and soak up the atmosphere or have a coffee, and if that wasn’t enough, a river/canal where you can have a boat ride if you fancy. Oh and maybe the warmth and sunshine helps too. A real life Disneyland that has survived intact for hundreds of years. No wonder people flock here in their thousands.
We took the bus from outside Camping De I’lle into the town. Had a ride on the Dotto train to get our bearings, walked around Little Venice, found the house where sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi was born, the man who gave us the Statue of Liberty. We listened to an amazing youth orchestra practicing in a building that used to be a convent and even tried some Alsace food!
We found Le Maison de Têtes (House of Heads) in Colmar. The facade has 106 heads or grotesque masks on it and was built in 1609 for the shopkeeper Anton Burger.
Andy also spotted a Storks nest complete with Storks!! We’ve seen the nests in various countries along the way but none with actual birds in it, so we were thrilled to see them.
Then to end another wonderful day in the glorious sunshine, we took a boat ride on the river. To say we love Colmar, is an understatement.
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