So this past weekend was great! On Saturday three friends and I decided to rent bikes and go on a little tour through the wine country. Sounds easy right? Wrong. We got lost a lot, and ended up biking on the highway for a while...but all in all it was once again one of the most beautiful things I have ever done in my life. The hills weren't too tricky, but we all too soon discovered we are not as great as Lance Armstrong when it comes to mastering the French mountains. I ate the best grapes of my life on the side of the road, given to us by a farmer who set up a tent with grapes and grape juice for sale!
Here are some pictures of what we saw:
Once again the weather was perfect, and the sun was out!
our bikes! *with only one gear...*
On Sunday, I forgot to take my camera with me...but I went hiking through the hills with my entire host family, which was hilarous. They have four older children, who are 22, 24, 26 and 28. We all squeezed into a tiny rental car and drove for about 45 minutes to this "trail" which really was more like a paved path in the woods. After doing a little hiking we went and had a huge dinner at this amazing place and drank some serious wine--this stuff didn't mess around. Normally I am a red fan, but I had some of the best white wine I have ever tasted. Needless to say, after 3 bottles and some coffee they decided to go hiking again, and this time we ran into a chateau! It was great fun, and it was nice to be around a family setting again with people joking/arguing/and doing things normal family's tend to do!
I don't have any big plans for this weekend, which I think will be a nice change of place from the past couple. I'm excited to just hang out around Strasbourg and catch up on some sleep!
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