PBP 2007 Fini

Next I try the southeast end of town, toward Switzerland. Even the mayor's office is closed for August. Then up the hill to the northeast side of town, past the apple trees to where the new cemeterie sits high above he town—lots of GESSERs there too. Back to the center, I guess I've done all there is to do…wait a minute…an old church like this—these big wooden doors probably don't lock, do they. Nope! I'm in and taking pictures of stained glass, paintings, statues and the pipe organ over the entrance. It was so dark that I often didn't know what I was photographing until the flash went off.

A paved tractor path provides an alternate bike route to Waldighoffen, then it's back up 9-bis to the canal path at Alkirch. The afternoon weather is a lot warmer for the eastbound return along the canal and there's more bikes, bank-side fishermen and even a sun-burned cycletourist sleeping on a bench. After returning the bike, I get tickets for le prochain train to Strasbourg and le dernier train from Strasbourg—might as well take the opportunity to see an Alsacian city.