We tried to book some extra time in the good place but they wouldn’t answer the telephone so we decided to go back to Alsace where we had missed several villages that we wanted to visit.<\/p>\n
It is becoming increasingly difficult to find places to stay as Vanley is quite compact and therefore when it’s raining we only have a tiny bit of space to share, even Sunny is fed up with having to live on a seat. \u00a0It hasn’t stopped raining and getting everything dry is a challenge. \u00a0We only stayed two nights in Colmar, which is a lovely town and we were by the river, during which time we checked to find out where the best weather was, in the alps apparently, so here we are.<\/p>\n
Perched on the side of a mountain 1000 metres up with spectacular views of snow capped mountains on one side and imposing vertical cliffs on the other, pine forests in front and behind, we have our own little log cabin. \u00a0There are no other tourists and the village is so tiny, we counted 20 houses, including gites. \u00a0The nearest shop is 14 km away and there is no light pollution, I’ve seen two shooting stars so far.<\/p>\n
The autumn colours are amazing and change every day, R has fallen in love with mountains and keeps saying this will look beautiful covered in snow, hopefully he’ll come skiing now! \u00a0All our belongings have been washed and dried and the kitchen has an oven and a dishwasher, luxury! \u00a0 We found the cabin on the internet and it was cheaper to stay here for a week than to stay on campsites as it is out of season. \u00a0The lady who showed us how to get here lives in the next village and has never been off the mountain, she works two jobs and her family hunt for their own food and cook in a wood oven, she is so excited to speak to a foreigner, usually she can’t communicate because she only speaks French, This morning she bought us freshly cooked croissants, a haunch of roe deer and instructions on what to do with it. \u00a0Her husband killed it and I have to put in the oven.<\/p>\n
I am sitting in the garden of the cabin in a cloud which is burning off, when I woke up it was opposite the cabin just sitting there like a cartoon, now it is over our house and you can only see 10 metres but the sun is breaking through, I have to sit in the garden because there is only 3G outside and the wifi doesn’t work.<\/p>\n
I cooked a beef bourguignon last night so we will eat the leftovers tonight and cook the venison tomorrow. \u00a0R said that it will be hard going back to eating shit food if we home, as I do most of the cooking I’m not sure what to make about that, I think he means the produce.<\/p>\n
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We tried to book some extra time in the good place but they wouldn’t answer the telephone so we decided to go back to Alsace where we had missed several villages that we wanted to visit. It is becoming increasingly difficult to find places to stay as Vanley is quite compact and therefore when it’s … <\/p>\n