worldaltem: 10/1/2019 Riquewihr, France

10/1/2019 Riquewihr, France Day 7 Grand Circle, Total travel day 36 The phone says 2.3 miles and 5,963 steps. Climbed one floor.

I am thinking I lost my original post about 10/1/2019.

We traveled through ten locks this morning. Along the way, we saw swans, fishermen, and a piece of equipment cleaning the green "stuff" from the river. A truck was then loaded with the green stuff and it was taken away. We traveled through farmland and vineyards to make our way to a stork rescue. One town we passed through, a wooden heart was mounted on the peak if a single woman lived there and a wine bottle on a peak meant there was a single male in the house. The storks' were almost extinct. Our guide pointed out the stork nests on top of the houses. They are considered good luck. The storks make them taller each year and a nest can weigh up to one ton. After leaving the stork rescue, we stopped in Riquewihr, France.

I loved this town. There were ten buses in the lot and a lot of people on the main streets. We had ninety minutes in this town and I spent most of my time on side streets. It was very enjoyable. There were many shoppes, restaurants and wine vendors. Riquewihr is surrounded by vineyard-covered rolling hills.

Riquewihr is a romantic medieval city located in Eastern France on the Alsace Wine Route. It is a commune and is known for its historical architecture, Reisling wine, and other great wines. The town still looks similar in appearance to the 16th-century town. It is considered one of the most beautiful villages in France. The town is surrounded by medieval fortification and has a castle sitting above the town. The Dolder (1291) is a 13th-century defensive gate. The half-timbered houses date back to the 15th-18th centuries and are very close together. Check out worldaltem.blogspot.com to see more pictures of amazing houses.

Obertor or Upper Gate into the town has massive double doors and portcullis dating back to 1500. The portcullis is a heavy vertically closing gate. It consisted of a latticed grill made or wood, metal or a combination of the two. It slid down groves inset in each jamb of the gateway. The clock tower was lovely. Around every corner was another cobblestone street with more well maintained homes.

We passed through a town today and the guide said the bottle on the peak of the yellow house meant an available young man lived there. The heart on the peak of the green house below meant that an available young woman lived there.

Riquewihr is a commune and is known for its historical architecture, Reisling wine, and other great wines. The town still looks similar in appearance to the 16th-century town. It is considered one of the most beautiful villages in France. The town is surrounded by medieval fortification and has a castle sitting above the town. The half-timbered houses date back to the 15th-18th centuries and are very close together. The Dolder is a 13th-century defensive gate. We had ninety minutes in this town. It was very enjoyable. There were many shoppes, restaurants and winery vendors.

Obertor or Upper Gate into the town. Massive double doors and portcullis date to 1500. The portcullis is a heavy vertically closing gate. It consisted to a latticed grill made or wood, metal or a combination of the two. It slide down groves inset in each jamb of the gateway. You can see the bottom of the portcullis in the arch.