- First traveled to Solothurn to attend church in Mark's dad's old ward as a missionary
- He had served here for a long time over 50 years ago
- Ward is pretty big, but most people don't know him - however, Herman (a person he taught and helped convert) is still active with his wife Anita and recognized him
- Our family was welcomed by name in the ward and Herman and Mark's dad both shared their testimonies
- Ward is surprisingly big
- Couple in front of us gave us some annoyed looks whenever Hugo made noise so he spent most of sacrament meeting with Liz in the nursery.
- Next, we drove into France to visit Colmar. It was a very hot day but we enjoyed a few hours there
- Found a bakery and ate some sandwiches and a magnificent coconut passionfruit eclair, we also bought some macarons for later. Best eclair ever.
- Colmar is a lovely city, with a canal district nicknamed "Little Venice"
- Our visit was cut short by some bird poop landing on Hugo's shirt while we were changing his diaper. Plus it was HOT and a lot was closed since it was Sunday
- On our way to Strasbourg, we visited the Le Linge world war I memorial. The trenches are still intact and we were able to explore them
- German trenches in better condition, probably because they held the area for longer
- We walked a path right in between the German and French trenches
- Many bodies exhumed (and memorialized) in the late 60's and early 70's, but found one memorial dated in the year 2010
- Still some areas unsafe due to potential explosives leftover from the war
- Finally entered Strasbourg
- Went into the central city to find dinner - took us a long time to decide (we wanted to make sure we got it right since it was our only night in France!), but we finally found a place
- Liz had cordon bleu and I had some kind of salad with beef on top
- Our waiter was a friendly old frenchman with a gravelly voice
- Hotel room was probably the most comfortable we've had thus far, since it had AC and blackout curtains. Thanks, Holiday Inn!
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| Colmar fountain |
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| Colmar was so cute. So is the guy in this picture. |
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| Mark booked the hotel behind him several times at work for testing purposes. |
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| Baguette in France! |
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| Best. Eclair. Ever. The macarons were pretty good, too. |
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| Mark let Hugo try Fanta. |
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| The pigeons thought Hugo looked like a good target. |
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| Trenches at Le Linge |
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| It would be awkward to smile in these photos. Hugo didn't know any better. |
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| Each cross marks a spot where a body was exhumed. |
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| French dinner |
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| Too excited about my cordon bleu to look at the camera properly. |
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