Kaysersberg

Half-timbered and stone buildings; magnificent churches; interesting roof patterns created with multi-colored tiles; bridges over streams and small rivers; castle ruins; vineyards by the mile; wineries by the dozens; courtyards covered with flowers; clean, clean stone streets; and walls; and gates; and fountains; and storks making love in especially constructed nests high above the town.

If we have time to see only one town in the Alsace, it must be Kaysersberg. The birthplace of Dr. Albert Schweitzer, a castle ruin on the hill (from where this photo was taken) — all those things mentioned earlier, and it just can’t be beat. To paraphrase the old potato-chip ad, “Bet you can’t see only one.” There is no way to get here without driving through other Alsace villages, and we wouldn’t even if we could. Most are small enough so we can walk across town in short order, and it’s only two to three miles to the next one. Smell the flowers, enjoy the fountains, absorb the flavor of the Alsace.