Vosges and Alsace 2021
Hiking in the Vosges and Exploring the Alsace region As main holiday for the year 2021, I chose the Vosges and the Alsace region in France, because it isn't far from Freiburg and I needed a calm and relaxing holiday with spending the most of the time in the nature with hiking. I booked an apartment ( Gîte du Grand Pré ) in Metzeral for me and my girlfriend for one week, which was a central spot for the hiking tours and also for a one-day-trip to some of the cute cities of the Alsace. Arrived in Metzeral, the two owners of the apartment waited for us to give us the keys to the apartment, where they put a cake and self made apple juice on the table. Directly on our first day of the vacations, we drove to the parking area of the Col de la Schlucht mountain pass at an altitude of 1.139 metres. From there, we started hiking in the direction of the Gazon du Faing , a mountain on the main ridge of the Southern Vosges, which here marks the border between the departments Haut-Rhin and