When we first got here I got in touch with the international quilting organization I belong to (SAQA) and asked if any members lived around here. The gave me contact information for one woman who lives close to Colmar. So yesterday we got together and had a wonderful time.

Her name is Beatrice Bueche. She makes beautiful art quilts and luckily, speaks some English.

We first met in the lobby of our hotel. Then she took us to the Butterfly Garden that she and her husband created and run as a tourist site. Pretty amazing. It's mostly a big hot house filled with tropical plants, lots of flowers and hundreds and hundreds of butterflies. 

 

Then she drove us to a nearby medieval town that is only accessible by car. It was older than what we've been seeing, more like the 12th century. A walled town that still has the gates to close it off. Tiny little alleyways. Fascinating.

Then she took us to the train station, and we went home to Strasbourg. We are so grateful for the time she gave us. We couldn't have seen these things without her.