Of old people and Tarte Flambee.

Well, this is it. The last town on our tour of Germany and France. We have really enjoyed our trip. We have seen such lovely places, and met so many kind and friendly people. However, it will be good to get home, too. I really miss everyone there, especially this year, with our power problems. The reason we have battery power now is because Tony asked a British man to top up the laptop. It's a good job he's got the cheek of the devil.

The village of Molsheim was nice, but I am not going to describe yet another pretty little place. I think my most humourous memory of the place will be when a Dutch lady asked Tony if he was a war veteran! I shouldn't laugh, as I was once asked if I was evacuated in the war! We must look very old!

Another nice memory will be the Tarte Flambee picnic. It sounds racy, but it was a lot more prosaic than that. The tarte is a speciality of Alsace, and we campers (in shorts and crocs), all sat eating it outside the "library" (and the loos). The tarte was bit like pizza gone wrong. It was tasty, and cream-based, but not quite as good as pizza. We washed it down with beer and coke, and it was a nice occasion. I wonder why Tony's blogs are learned and historical, and mine are usually about food. There's a message in there somewhere!



We finally decided to stop off at Nancy on the way to Calais, and that's where we are now. We went into town earlier, and I have to say I was impressed by Stanislaus Square. It's as good as anything in Paris, and better than Berlin. I think it's my fave place this trip. We ate our sandwiches in a lovely park (more food), and the sun kept coming out, so it was a great day out.

On Friday we will set off for Calais, with an overnight stop on the way. Then it's the wine buying session, before arriving in Dover on Sunday.

We have struggled with this blog a bit, and I hope you haven't all been bored to tears. We will let you know when the next one will be, when we go travelling again. Thanks for reading!

P.S. Thanks to Dolan Tours.com for this trip. When he was not taking shortcuts, or ignoring maps, the tour guide was very good!