Dispatch from Metz

The Court of Appeals building, Colmar

Gates in Colmar

Bergheim

The Alsatian village of Meisenthal nestles in a deep valley amid the mountains of the Vosges du Nord. Meisenthal, famous for its crystal gla...

One afternoon during Susie's and my visit to the Vosges du Nord, I hiked to the ruins of the Chateau de Schoeneck . Even at a fast clip,...

Colmar

Colmar

Bergheim

The ridges above the Alsace's Route des Vins are crammed with ruined castles. In the 30 kilometers between Dambach-la-Ville and Eguishei...

La Petite Venise, one of the most picturesque neighborhoods of Colmar, was built around the Lauch River. So one of the fun things Susie and ...

Ribeauvillé

Susie and took the better part of a day to leave the Route des Vins and its rural vine-scapes and instead visit the nearby city of Colmar , ...