After a little searching we found the municipal campsite in Cernay just northwest of Mulhouse and close to the German border. The town is famous for its storks, which come into the campsite and forage around for nesting materials. We’ve never been so close to one before, they are quite large and seem to be looking down their beaks at you! After a lovely hot sunny day, we are now getting some rain, hopefully it will clear by morning!
Friday was a sunny day, so we walked into the town centre which was very clean and tidy and had a large church in its centre. There was a local market set up so we had a look but didn’t buy anything, some of the clothes were great if you wanted to look like Gypsy Rose Lee! No comments please Lisa! Sarah and I did suggest buying some just for the first day back at school! Stopped off at the local supermarket and bought a few things, the local wine was expensive, most around the 9-12 euro mark!
After lunch we got the bikes down and set off along a cycle route to the nearby town of Thann, just a few kilometres away. As we got nearer we were cycling past vines set onto the steep hillside to our right, it was so steep everything must have to be done by hand! The town was picturesque, set each side of the river and with lots of old buildings. The look and feel of the place was more German than French, especially with some of the locals talking German! There were war memorials commemorating those lost in both world wars, it was interesting to note that most of the surnames were the same for both wars. One also had a plaque, I think explaining how when the Nazis invaded France, thousands of Alsace men went off and fought on their side against the Allies. Sarah believes those that survived the war, were killed when they returned home. It made me wonder who the locals considered themselves to be nowadays?
We stopped at a bar overlooking the river and had a glass of local wine sitting in the sun, it’s a hard life! The wine wasn’t cheap but it was very very good!
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