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Daffodils and Gérardmer in the Vosges
When daffodils are blooming, we feel spring has arrived. Their yellow colour is so bright that you can't miss them when walking around. Here, not far from Nancy, we find them in or near the woods, in clearings. In the Vosges you can discover them in meadows....
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Le Grand Ballon in the Vosges mountains
After having lunch at La Schlucht, we drove further on la Route des Crêtes and headed towards le Grand Ballon to enjoy the view from the highest point of the Vosges, altitude : 1424 meters. The previous times we had stopped there, we only had a drink...
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Col de la Schlucht in the Vosges mountains
As the hottest day of the week was planned on Wednesday, we drove to the Vosges mountains to enjoy a trip on the Route des Crêtes and try to avoid the heat. We stopped for our lunch at Col de la Schlucht (pronounce "schlurrt"), a pass at an altitude of...
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Babayaga or knitting to help people
Babayaga was the idea of Sidonie Hollard. The artist has found a way to attract people and the Vosges département has agreed with this project. In 2013, 440 people knitted pieces of wool, using 3720 balls, to cover a second-hand trailer. It was the first...
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One day in the Vosges mountains
It was so hot near Nancy a few weeks ago that it was a relief to go to the mountains. We stopped in Réhaupal to meet our cousins, then went to Gérardmer and ended up on the Route des Crêtes . There it was hardly cooler, I should say it was "less hot"....
