Our last stop in France was at Metz, which has a rich 3,000-year long history, having variously been a Celtic oppidum (a fortified Iron Age settlement) an important Gallo-Roman city, the Merovingian capital of Austrasia, the birthplace of the Carolingian dynasty, a cradle of the Gregorian chant, and one of the oldest republics in Europe. The city has been steeped in Romance culture, but has also been strongly influenced by Germanic culture due to its location […]
We first visited Bitche with its large citadel, which had been constructed by Vauban on the site of an old castle after the capture of Bitche by the French in 1624. The fortress is noted for its resistance during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. Bitche is near the Maginot Line, into which the citadel was later integrated. While driving
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When the rain had finally stopped, we visited 2 cities in the beautiful Alsace, the region at the border to Germany, first the very picturesque Colmar and later the much bigger Strasbourg with its very impressive cathedral. Colmar has a very well preserved old town with crooked timber-framed houses, little squares and alleys with lovely
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What beauties are these! Especially the Bugatti collection of the Schlumpf brothers was impressive. We really enjoyed the visit to the museum in Mulhouse, but now we will visit some lovely towns of the Alsace – more on our next post, guaranteed without cars 😉
The very rainy weather made us look for another museum, and we found one with cars! The Collection Schlumpf in Mulhouse was the perfect location to spend at least half a day inside. The collection of the Schlumpf brothers begins 1936 with the purchase of a Bugatti, a real competition car, from the prestigious Alsatian car manufacturer.
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