Friday, August 7, 2020

Good Friends and trip to Sélestat France

This is on my balcony, planted by a bird, I'm enjoying it's sunniness!

Ryan and Angela were here in Rieselfeld for two weeks to visit me and tour around these parts. 

Saturday Christoph took us to Sélestat, France, about an hour's drive north of Freiburg. We lunched at a Tunisian restaurant and the owner/waiter had a delightful sense of humour and food was excellent. I asked for a small beer and he gave me one in a shot glass! followed up by the regular small. He had several tricks up his sleeve and joked with us while at the table. Christoph was quite chuffed to have found the restaurant for us to try and so he should be!

Djerba is the name, food was all served in these colourful dishes.

After lunch Christoph got into "tour mode" and we walked all over town as he explained the history. There were two large churches, we could get into one but a funeral was being held in the other so we didn't enter.

What I enjoyed most was the elaborate painting on the exterior of the buildings. 

Here are some pictures showing the French charm.

Storks, nests are big enough for the entire family including Grandparents I think.


Inside the printing press library where a gent donated his entire collection of books in the mmid 1500's, see the link which explains it better.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanist_Library_of_S%C3%A9lestat

Inside the church we could get in, St. Georges, with fabulous stained glass windows.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9lestat#/media/File:S%C3%A9lestat_StGeorges182.JPG

Beautiful door in the church, wonder what it leads to?


Building painting around a shop





Coffee shop we stopped at, very beautiful pastries! Good thing I don't have a sweet tooth.

It was a great day! We all enjoyed hearing Christoph's vast knowledge and stories about Sélestat and on the drive to and fro.

Crossing the Rhine river at the border between Germany and France what was very noticeably absent were the large (mostly Viking) cruise ships, there were none at all and the river looked clean and inviting.

Thanks to Ryan and Angela for the pictures!

Cheers, Bev

P.S. You may be wondering why we are travelling around during the crisis. We are taking every precaution by washing hands at every opportunity, using hand sanitizer or wipes after touching anything and wear our masks unless eating or drinking. You will receive more posts for the time Ryan and Angela were in Freiburg, plus, we are now on a road trip into Switzerland for three weeks. Cheers again, Bev and Lexi cat who is coming with of course.
 


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