Our first targets were three villages for Ray – Nebing, Molring, and Guinzeling. Next we visited four villages for Bob, Shirley, and Sandy – Bebing, Xouaxange, Gondrexange, and Diane-Capelle. Here is our group (l to r): Betty and Trevor, Kathleen, Sandy, Bob, Pat, Shirley, Lee, Miles, Mary Ann, Glenn, and Ray.
See, there really is a village named Xouaxange!
The countryside was very pretty. The fields were already a lush green, with many large clumps of darker green trees joining them on the rolling landscape. Occasionally a splash of bright yellow marked a field of mustard or Canola or a blob of dull red roofs marked the location of a village.
Since the villages were small and the distance not great, we covered our ground quickly and arrived at our hotel in Strasbourg about 3:30. A few of the group wanted to take it easy, a few wanted to visit a nearby Chocolate Museum, and about half chose to go to the centre of the old town and wander around. The museum group joined us for supper, and Johannes, our driver, picked us up at 8:30 to return us to the hotel.
The weather dawned clear and sunny again, becoming partly cloudy as the day wore on. Temperature was about 20 C, but it was a bit cool with the breeze.
Most of the rooms we booked were advertised as twin rooms, but they really have a double bed and a cot. Lots of coin flipping going on. The rooms are quite a bit larger though. Hardly anyone in the hotel speaks English, so communication is a bit of a challenge. To enter, you first go down to an underground level, then climb back up to ground level for the first floor of rooms. There are two more floors above that. Not the best for Trevor with his prosthetic leg. This place is nice enough, but not really suitable for us.
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