Father of the Statue of Liberty

Saturday's destination was Colmar,  The following is from the tourist bureau website:
 
Nestled among vineyards, its traditional houses, canals, floral displays, amazing cuisine, famous wines and charming accommodation make Colmar an outstanding microcosm of Alsace.  The capital of the Alsatian wines, situated near Germany and Switzerland between the Vosges and the Rhine, Strasbourg and Mulhouse, offers visitors an exciting glimpse of 1000 years of European history.
Besides, with its 67,000 inhabitants, Colmar retains a 'country town' atmosphere which contributes so much to its charm. Wonderfully preserved from the ravages of time, its homogenous historic centre is classed as a 'protected area' and has benefited from careful restoration and ongoing improvements for more than 20 years.  Every season, it offers a richly diverse range of cultural, sporting, nature, relaxation, and culinary enjoyments.

On our way to Colmar, we stopped at Ebermunster so the Grants could admire the Munster there.  It is also a pretty spot with some good photo ops.  And, we spotted another nesting stork. 

 

 

 
Once we got to Colmar, we wandered around looking at its many notable sites:  the Maison des Tetes, La Petite Venise, the old fish market, the Unterlinden Museum (we resisted going in to see the famous Issenheim Alter, however) and the Bertholdi Museum. 
 

Unterlinden Museum

 

The "house of heads"

 

One of Colmar's canals

The old fish market now a market hall

 

 
 


One of the iconic scenes in Colmar - on tons of postcards!



Doug outside our lunch stop

 
 


Yet another stork - this one a mama and her baby



The Bertholdi Museum

Finally, about Bertholdi:  as you drive into the town from the north, there is a huge Statue of Liberty in the roundabout.  Why you ask?  Well, Bertholdi is the sculptor who created the Status of Liberty and he was born here.

This is what we saw as we drove into Colmar yesterday