Eguisheim France Wine Festival People Watching

Over the years we have read you should not wear certain clothes when you go to Europe.

We have met on this trip people from Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Sweden, 

England, Belgium and Holland.

Today we took pictures at the Wine Festival, so you can see what people actually wear now.

Mother and son dancing to the German upbeat music.

 Couple in background also dancing.

Worker delivering more wine to take care of the crowd.

She was having trouble walking in high heels on cobblestone street.

Noticed white tennis shoes for women and men are back in style.

Green, red, orange, pink and black shoes.

Motorcycle group arrived in same style.

Our waiter.

Colmar, France

Colmar's Petite Venise area is traffic free made for tourists and locals.  
It has colorful buildings with French shutters and old German half timbered homes. 

Most every tourist town we visited have these small shuttle trains 

to see and hear about local sites. 

Stores attract shoppers with decorations.

Many of bakeries & grocery stores had baguettes or small pizzas made up for lunch.

Locals go to outdoor markets for fresh produce, meat, fish and cheese.

Colorful baskets used for shopping.

Petite Venise is in a neighborhood of Colmar's most colorful houses lining the canal.

The River Lauch runs by Colmar's Historic Market Hall.  

People are putting love locks on the fence,  First started in Paris when lovers put their names and dates on the locks to confirm their love for each other.

Small flat bottomed boats provide a 30 minute ride on the canal.

The boats depart from St. Pierre Bridge.

Swans were being treated with bread.

Market Hall is Colmar's Historic Hall built in 1865.

Inside the Covered Market, sales of fresh food, bake goods and beer and wine.

Plain and chocolate croissants are popular and very good.

Riquewihr, France

Driving the Alsace Wines Route, all hills are covered with grape vines.

Harvest is in full swing with much equipment on the road.

The village of Riquewihr is the most touristed on the Route du Vin.

Before the age of private plumbing, public fountains were scatter though the town.

The walk through town is up hill all the way.  Thirteen hundred residents realize that without wine and tourism, this village would have no economy.

 This village was built in 1644 and has double wall & moat construction.

This cave provides a spacious wine tasting experience.

Impressive mansions were owned by feudal lord.

Guard tower goes back to 1291.

Being close to the border, more German influence at the restaurants.

Second gate with fortified walls.

 Josepha La Dame du Parc.  

Local gallery made statue but we do not know who she represents.