Out and back to Selestat: Among the vines🍇

May 23, 2018

We decided to do an out and back ride to Sélestat for coffee this morning because we had to go to Strasbourg to sort out travel issues. Before launching I made my morning trip to the bakery for pastry and bread. While there I asked, in French, about the difference between a baguette and a banette. Banettes are made wholly by hand and with different flour than baguettes and they have pointy ends. Baguettes are made with white flour and only partially by hand. The route followed some of the roads along the Route du Vin but also bike paths that past right through the vineyards. We came back a slight different way and a little flatter.

Returning from the trip to the boulangerie with freshly baked pain au chocolat, croissant, and a baguette.

We had a real ride through the vineyards today.

A view of Dambach-la-Ville from across the vineyards.

Some old farts in front of some new vines.

Tasty specialties at our coffee stop in Sélestat.

Passing through the gate of Dambach-la-Ville complete with an active stork nest.

One of the paths that we rode today dates back to Roman times.

Hotel Arnold in Itterswiller, it comes highly recommended.

There is a gallery near the church that make funky metal art. This dragon is on a post near the church and it is lit up at night.

This mural was on the side of house in one of the villages.

We came across this teddy bear house in Dambach-la-Ville.

Today's ride: 46 km (29 miles)
Total: 219 km (136 miles)

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