Another view of the world
I will start with three things you probably didn't know about Heidelberg: (1) Jackson Browne was born here. (2) Mark Twain spent three months here. (3) Patton died here. It's an interesting place. And it's probably our favorite city on the trip to date. The day was gray, with some showers expected. We left the …
Continue reading "Heidelberg, Germany (Saturday AM, September 2)"
[Remember to click or mouse over the photos for more information.] Forty miles (64 km) north-northeast of Colmar is Strasbourg (sometimes spelled Strassburg), France. A Roman camp in 12 B.C., its original name was Argentoratum, referring to precious minerals mined or stored in the area. Later its name was changed to Strasbourg, a word of …
Continue reading "Strasbourg/Strassburg, France (Friday September 1)"
[Note, click on photos for more information.] After lunch we headed to Turckheim and Colmar, two cities in Alsace-Lorraine. Alsace-Lorraine is a region of about 5,000 square miles located on the northeast shoulder of France, near its border with Germany. Its population today is about 70,000. Alsace-Lorraine's sunny and dry microclimate (caused by nearby mountains …
Continue reading "The Colmar Pocket (Thursday PM, August 31)"
We awoke this morning docked in Breisach, a town of about 17,000 located about 60 km north of Basel and about about halfway between Freiburg and Colmar. Breisach got around a lot. Its very name is Celtic (meaning breakwater). It lies on a hill, and whenever the Rhine would flood Breisach would be surrounded by …
Continue reading "Breisach, Wine Queens, and the Schwartzwald (Thursday AM, August 31)"
Moseley Travels 