A walk up the hill, a visit to Riquewihr and a wine tasting!

We had an early start this morning so we could get the walking in before it got too hot.  We walked from the campsite through Ribeauvillé and then climbed up the hills, through vineyards, to the (remains of the) Chateau de St. Ulrich.  That was a steep and tiring climb.  Then we walked on to Monastery de Notre Dame de Dusenbach. That was quite a level walk.  Then we did quite a steep walk down back into Ribeauvillé and had some nice Crèpes for lunch with ham and cheese.

The next job of the day was to get a slow puncture on the car fixed (I've already fixed several on the airbed!).  That was quite quick and then we went to visit the very pretty (but rather over-run with tourists) nearby town of Riquewihr.

Following a short walk around that town we went to the wine cooperative in Ribeauvillé which has been supporting grape growers and wine makers in the town since 1895.  We saw an interesting exhibition and tasted some nice wines.

We popped into the local Leclerc on the way back to the campsite and picked up food to eat with the wines we had bought at the wine cooperative.  As I write this we just finished the bottle of sparking wine and are tucking into some nice steak haché with wild garlic.