it was unfortunately a gloomy day and we were a bit lost. but finally we found a way into the middle of this cozy little town.


first of all, we took a small guide city-tour train around town, it took about half an hour and we got an idea of what colmar offered us.



located pretty close to both france and switzerland, i could see a lot of german-style fachwerkhause and the swiss colourful roof with french atmosphere (and food!) (and bakery!)



le petit venise—which was just like a better, more colourful and lovelier version of le petit france in strasbourg—was where i found the prettiest, but of course, quite touristy.










what i liked about france (or french cities i had visited) was the atmosphere and only the atmosphere (since all the architecture was kinda similar) (i probably had said the thing about french atmosphere and how there are cafes everywhere for a million times already, and that was how much i loved france and its language and its everything)



we entered the le petit venise area and decided to go on a little boat trip





even thought the only area that looked very good in photograph was this area, it was still impressive





we had a little tartes flambees for dinner. i went for the classic instead of double cheese, and i wasn't disappointed.  not only it had less calories, but it also tasted better, and better than the one at strasbourg (thin, crispy, thin, cripy, fatty, yummy, yummy, yummy) and rose wine was also amazing (wine was actually not my glass of alcohol, but the rose wine for dinner that day was really good)



sitting by the little canal, the atmosphere also increased my appetite.




how sad i was, having to leave this french town, and a few days later this heart-warming family

it's sad to say this, but i was disappointed with strasbourg. maybe because i didn't do a lot of homework, where to go and what to do. or maybe my expectation was just too high.


the first thought that came into my mind when i arrived, was why is it so small? and where is the pretty train station? well, the train station was really beautiful once you look at it from the outside


my love for old books, would be pretty interesting if i understood a bit of french at all.



one of the reasons i was kinda disappointed with this town was because of the notre dame which looked just like a smaller version of kolner dom.


but since this was in france, not germany, the atmosphere around the church—filled with cafes and postcard rags—was ten times better than the one in cologne.



we had lunch—the famous tarte flambee—at flam's, a chained restaurant that served pretty much only this cream cheese, onion pizzas with different toppings at an affordable price. in my opinion, i thought the original cream cheese—onion—bacon one was the best.



amorino—my kind of paradise! the best ice cream ever that i first tried in paris. (and every time i ate it, it still reminded me of the most romantic, wonderful, charming city on earth) my favourite flavours combination was chocolate sorbet with banana sorbet. yes they were both sorbets and they tasted amazing together.





i walked to the le petit france a little too late, and it started to rain.






yes, it was quite lovely. but with a couple of construction sites and gloomy sky, it was quite hard to take beautiful pictures.



still i preferred photographing signs and such anyway :)

another reason why i love france: french patisseries are 10 times better than german.

hey, don't get me wrong. i do like some german stuff like apple strudel and rhubarb tarts (german pies, tarts and tartlets tend to taste better than french)but when it comes to cakes, specialised desserts, breads and decorations, the french (almost) always win.


i knew, it was so unhealthy not eating properly, but i really couldn't help. there were foodporns everywhere and i just wanted more and more (of patisseries ;)



first of all, french eclair. yum. yum. yum. it costed 1.45 euros a piece. i bought it and sat on the bench by the river, delicately consume the deliciousness. i promised myself next time i'd try vanilla one.


what i liked about this place were that there were so many things to choose from and the prices weren't so expensive compared to other shops (i checked) plus the eat here and take home prices were the same so i didn't have to feel bad of i wanted to eat at the cafe and needed to pay more that the actual price of the food.


the only thing i didn't like was the atmosphere of the place. it wasn't bad though, but there were a lot better places around in the town.








actually, there was a famous place here called patisserie robert. though the price was a who lot more expensive, and of course the sweet little goodies looked more appealing as well.

and i'll be back to try more things for sure :)