So, today was the trip to Colmar, France, which started at about 8:00 going through the Black Forest and into the city itself. All the exchange students and a few German students piled into a little half-coach bus to take the two hour drive.
When we arrived, the first thing we did was tour the Musee d’Unterlinden, a museum rich in medieval art and artifacts. As we lookd through the massive stone walls of the building, we were given an interesting presentation on the museum’s main attraction the Isenheim Altarpiece, an altar that had multiple doors and screens that are opened at different times of the year by Frau Habicher. The works of art focused on the Rhineland artists, and mostly focused on the adoration of the Virgin Mary and other various religious paintings.
Isenhaeim Altar, 2 Panels
Artifacts from the War Room
After, we took a walk around Colmar to where we were going to eat. We had a Colmar specialty called Flammkuchen, a thin crust pizza with onions, chese, ham, and no tomato sauce. It was delicious. After this, we walked around town and took a water tours around the canals that criss-crossed the city.
What follows are pictures from exactly that.
After we finished the water tour, we stopped by a small church that was an exact replica of the Notre Dame, but only much much smaller. We also were able to go to a stork cage, as the stork is like the eagle of the Alsace region, the big white birds were in a cage on the side of a path near to the church. Unfortunately, I was not able to get pictures, as my camera ran out of battery.
Coming up: Zurich.
