This is part two of my post about my trip to Wissembourg in France. To read part one, please click here.

I actually enjoyed Wissembourg so much that I decided to go back on Friday. I mostly went to peruse the grocery stores and take my time but also snapped a few more photos as I was there. The weather was even better than on Thursday, not a cloud in the sky. I ended up buying a few things, some wine, a fresh baguette (that I ate for dinner on Thursday), and some odds and ends. If I lived closer to the border and had a car so I could buy refrigerated food, I’d probably go to France for grocery shopping a lot more frequently. As it is I live about 60mi from the border and it takes two hours on the train to get there.

While Wissembourg is in France, it is right on the border to Germany, and it was actually part of Germany several times in the course of history. As a result, it’s not really a typical French town but a mixture of the two cultures. While people there speak French, I also did not come across a single one who did not speak at least a little German. In fact, all except one waitress spoke fluent German. I took French for three years in high school, and while I still understand some, speaking it is very hard for me, so it was really helpful that I didn’t have to speak it.

As I had mentioned in part I, we stopped at the window of the Patisserie Rebert which had amazing little pastries on display. Aren’t they mouthwatering? I didn’t buy one, though they all looked amazing. (Almost too beautiful to eat. Almost.)

This is the Maison du Sel and I think its pitched roof just looks amazing. It’s from the 15th century, and looking at that roof it makes you wonder how it hasn’t caved in already.

Of course my friend and I had to have the typical Alsatian dish tarte flambée and some red wine. It was a really good (and inexpensive!) dinner. Lovely way to end the day there.

So tasty!

I caught the reflection of the house we were sitting at in my wine glass. I thought it made for an interesting shot. There is also an idiom we have in German, ‘to look into the glass too deeply,’ which means you’ve had too much to drink.

Well, I will end this post with a picture I took on Friday. We had walked past this house on Thursday as well but not really noticed how beautiful it was. Isn’t it great how you can still find new beautiful things in a place after you’ve already visited it? It makes me wish I had taken the opportunity to go to Wissembourg sooner (years ago) because then I would have probably tried to go back every now and then.