@MagentaOtterTravels I lived in Kent for 33 very long years. Was very glad to get away from it. They have steam trains in Sussex. I'm betting you didn't go to the Bluebell Railway.
It really is so helpful for those of us who don't speak French! And who don't know what the Alsatian dishes are! We were pleasantly surprised at how delicious the food was. And the setting of the restaurant was picture perfect as well 👍. Thanks so much for watching, Dave and Kathy!🩷🩷
Speechless and hungry. 😁😁The bread looks wonderful. Not so much the giant snail. Love the colourful buildings. I adore old fashioned indoor markets. House sparrows aren't nearly as common as they used to be. That little one was a female. Love the little houses in the souvenir shop. The cocoa serving sets. ❤ Oh, the gratin de legumes. 😍😍😘😘 15:15 When you were ducking as low as you could get. The chap behind you sitting up straight looking totally unconcerned. 😂 "J'ai été dans ce tunnel plusieurs fois. Vous pourriez prendre un bus à deux étages par ici." 😁😁 Oh and that cheese at the end. Just the right size for me. 🧀😁
Well done identifying the sparrow! She was a sweet wee bird! The food was amazing! We definitely had enough cheese to share with you!!! That's funny that the guy behind me wasn't ducking. Good thing he wasn't decapitated!!
Dara & Ian. A great video. I’ve been to Colmar once on a river cruise from Basle, Switzerland to Amsterdam. It was a morning’s stop, so we had a short walk around the lovely town, saw the lovely buildings and market near where had lunch. Unfortunately, I didn’t have chance to get food there, I was having plenty good food and wines on the cruise! Alsace & Lorainne are places I remember from History in school, these places on the France Germany border and changed hands every time there was a war! Nowadays you cross the border easier than you go from one US state to another. When I worked on Staten Island (NY) taking the ferry to Manhattan, we obviously went passed Liberty. I knew it was designed by a French man but didn’t realise he was from Colmar. The ferry was the easiest place to see Liberty from. I recommended it to anyone who asked, it was free!
Funny you should say that, we just visited New York City in November and took the ferry so that we could get a good view of the Statue of Liberty! I might publish that blog one of these days, but at the moment I'm working on getting through my Europe footage from September 2022!!!! 🙄 I really did love the food in Colmar.🩷... and it was a fun surprise to see that there was the linkage to the United States!🇺🇸🇫🇷
Hi Dara, not a bad attempt at the French language! 😁 Great pic with the magenta flower arch 🩷 The violet-flavoured gelato looked very interesting. Nice that the flavour wasn't overpowering. Ooh, magenta and rose shutters were gorgeous. Loved the medieval architecture. Escargot pastry?? Very French, haha! You were staying on 'American Street? Lol! The chocolate museum looked funny, especially as you got to sample some at the end. The canal area was so idyllic. The Flambees looked so delish. Lovely vlog, Dara & Ian ❤
Thanks, Julie! It really is a very dreamy place... I've been craving a tarte flambee the whole time I was editing the 600 files into that vlog! I really appreciate you watching and leaving your sweet comment. Have a great weekend! XX Dara
A veritable feast for the eyes and the stomach. Brought cheer to yet another day on which it feels like the UK is drowning. I hope your flat is not under threat.
My heart is aching for everyone dealing with all the awful floods!! I hope the rain stops and there is some relief from the water levels! So far I have not heard of issues around Cheltenham yet... And yes, I wish I could go have a meal in Colmar right now! That food was amazing.
I am sure that Colmar and resembling places were influential in the Disney films. The homes are beautifully decorated. Not a problem in the rain- I've known famous artists to sing in it. Haha the road sign. It's a small world Dara. Connections everywhere. Amazing museum, chocolate- I've put it on my list. We have been to Colmar- different times different ideals, different focus. I've had those blocks on 'chocolate drink' chocolate. Yum lunch. ☕🍽👌
Oh yes, I'm sure you've had the extra thick Belgian drinking chocolate... GOOD STUFF! Did you enjoy Colmar when you were there? Did you have the flammekuchen (tarte flambee)?
Such a gorgeous place, Dara. Your video (on and off the water!) really made it lovely. Great job. But I'm glad your boat stopped before the bridges where the water was a wee bit too high; I did NOT want to see any bumped heads!! And as always, the foodie parts were so delicious to look at! 😋👍
Yes, I'm glad to report I did not get decapitated in Colmar! Happy new year, Bobby! I didn't keep track, did you watch my fruitcake video? I wanted to make sure you heard that there is such a thing as Dundee cake! I really want to try it now!
We enjoyed seeing the beautiful homes and buildings in this lovely town, Dara and Ian. Loved the magenta shutters! (thought I'd better include that) Enjoyed seeing Bartholdi's childhood home. Would love to visit his museum, but understand your wise decision to go for the sweets instead.🤣🤣 They pay homage to him there too, in a much sweeter way! Enjoyed the ducking and lovely canal ride. Haven't done a canal cruise before and would love too. Not quite Dara. Lego's would be to expensive of a building material! Some wonderful food on this day. How did you ever find room for the little bit of cheese later? 😁😁Okay. I remember now that it is good for a month! Lovely tour and day. Thanks so much for bringing us along.
After Colmar we went to Luxembourg to meet up with my RUclips friend Patz. Her family helped us consume that massive block of cheese! It was delicious!! I hope you get a chance to enjoy a nice gondola boat tour in one of your many travel adventures! Thanks for watching!
Dinner perfect. Very traditional- German as well as French. Oh that ice cream looked awesome.The tea shop was photogenic- as was the person in front of it. 🌺
Wow what an incredibly beautiful medieval town. Alsatian wine did you say? 😱 what a great restaurant, love they have pictures on the menu. The food looked wonderful, well done France! The bakeries and delis were world class! Interesting history on chocolate and British inclusions. Wow, even more idyllic from the water! Watch out ducks! Wills would love that shop. Mmm, pesto cheese, i bet that’s incredible, we love pesto. A little bit is a lot? Yikes that is a lot! The French pronunciation sounds nicer, nouga it is! Wow the food in France is next level! This place is going on our list 👍
You NEED to go to Colmar! Preferably in May or September to avoid the summer rush (and the heat, which I know Nick can't handle!). The food and wine (allegedly) are tremendous, so you would love that! I HIGHLY recommend that restaurant where we ate the first night. And I think the canal boat ride is another absolute must! Thanks for watching :-)
Oh yes, nuggitt is another way people say it! Speaking of Kent... I just finished my video for next Tuesday, of the cow shed we stayed in for three days in Kent! ;-)
Thank you for this Gem Dara, it looks like a wonderful place to relax and enjoy life. Beautiful food and scenery to feast upon. I wish I were there right now relaxing, and watching the world go by.
It is a rather idyllic place to visit, especially when it's not too crowded with tourists as it was when we were there in September. I hope the rain and flooding in Britain improves soon and the sun comes out!
Great boat tour.Fairytale for sure. We have lots of 'duck' canals too 🤣🤪. Dordrecht is also called - the Dutch Venice🤣! Lovely video Dara. You packet a lot in one day despite the rain. ☔. Happy weekend. 🇳🇱🙋♀🇳🇿
That is so funny that you live in the Dutch Venice! Are there canal tours in Dordrecht? I've done a canal tour in Amsterdam which was nice, but I loved the one in Brugge even more ;-)
@@MagentaOtterTravels Jacques Pepin is from the Alsace region and he is one of my culinary heroes so I figure I can't go wrong there. I'm more of a red wine drinker and Alsace wines both in France and Germany are most noted for their whites. There are some wonderful, very delicate, and surprisingly inexpensive pinot noir blends with other red grapes from Alsace that match very well with very stinky cheese. Stinking Bishop comes to mind.
As a Kiwi, I'm surprised to find out we pronounce nougat correctly! Thats a beautiful city, thanks for sharing, I've only done southern France but will put it on the list.
Hi Dara and Ian, what a lovely place to visit. The buildings look so nice. Beautiful x loved all the cuckoo clocks. The walk by the canal looked lovely. Didn’t realise the history of the Statue of Liberty. Ooh the chocolate museum looked yum. Nice boat trip on the canal x really enjoyed the video thank you for sharing x Julie x
This is great Dara. We visited last year but when we were there it was absolutely rammed with people!! Looks so much more appealing when you visited. But a stunning place. And some of the food you had looked utterly delicious! We missed the canal trip but that looked wonderful too. Hope you guys are doing well and had a good Christmas And Happy New Year from me and Sue.
I'm glad we avoided the touristy crowds from the height of summer. We were there at a great time in September... despite encountering a few raindrops. Gave me a chance to visit the chocolate museum, right? haha Happy New Year to you both, Dave and Sue!
such a beautiful city to visit, it is so picturesque. it must be awful for the residents to travel to other city's, as they would just think they looked bland. I knew there was going to ice-cream in this video as soon I saw Ian in it. lol
I agree, people living in this city would be spoiled with all that beautiful beautiful architecture! Do you speak enough French to know if that ice cream Ian ate was blueberry or currant?
@@MagentaOtterTravels TBH I'm not that great at speaking proper French, but Myrtille is Blueberry. I know more Jèrriais, which is also known as Jersey-French. which is derived from Norman French. so is a bit different from the Common French language.
Lovely place never been there before been to France many times have you been to Bordeaux it's a beautiful city and if travel south of the city to Arcachan Bay and visit Dune du Pilat (Europe's biggest sand dunes)
It really was SO beautiful! I was taking so many video clips that I was just buried in footage!!! That's why it took me so long to edit this darn thing... I had to compile 600 files! I know there are other lovely towns and villages in the region, but this place really is a "must visit" IMHO ;-)
@@britainonabudget yes, it's a problem! I was thinking of you yesterday because I started editing my Arundel video. Fortunately I think I only have 300 files to edit for that video 😉
Yes, absolutely! We were lucky to be there in September, not the height of the tourist crush in mid summer... so we avoided the crowds. It was the perfect time to be there! Highly recommend a visit to that lovely place ;-)
Oh that water tower (00:31)...isn't it cool. We have lot sof them here. Re-furbished into homes, hotels and the like. Quite smart building the way they did. Ground floor is ground space- taxable. Upper level extra footage, upper upper level more footage. No extra tax yet larger floor space. Smart thinking. 👌
@@MagentaOtterTravels the houses have those jutting out levels to avoid extra tax on the sq footage of the foundations of the house. That was what I meant with that explanation. 👌
Doesn't it?! You and Kieron would love this place... fabulous food! And wine too (allegedly ;-) )... and the boat rides are lovely. Would make a great romantic getaway! With your taste for crazy foods, I think you need to try all those bizarre flavours of ice cream and film a taste test! haha Happy New Year, Jim! Wishing you all the best for 2024! XX Dara
Beautiful city, one of the reasons why I love going to the UK and Europe during the early (It gets too hot in the later months!) summer months is that all the trees have leaves and the flowers are blooming, it just adds so much colour to the landscape. Even a rainy day looks lovely!
@@MagentaOtterTravels Fort Lauderdale, Fl. "More than 300 miles of canals weave through the greater area, with 165 miles of those running through Fort Lauderdale itself."
Have always wanted to visit Colmar, it's actually breath taking how beautiful it is. Very Disney/Fairy-tale but it just oozes medieval French architecture, absolutely love the windows and the paintings, they are so pretty. In love with this, will 100% be putting this on the map, thank you Dara and Ian for a wonderful video
It’s a beautiful city. Looks like a stunning place to visit. Loved the menu picture book! Great idea. What does Smurf icecream even taste like and should t it be blue!! I hope you shared a fair bit of your breakfast with that lovely bird! Oo chocolate museum, lovely. Your boat tour looked so peaceful and what views. Hahah thanks for the shout out!! We definitely have to come to Colmar now just for that Christmas shop!! You can’t beat a giant wedge of cheese!! We loved this place and video. Cheers and Happy Nee Year 🍻
Thanks for watching! Your comment got put in the limbo file so I just saw it ;-) I hope that next Christmas season you get to visit German Christmas Markets again... and can swing by Colmar. It is supposed to be FABULOUS at Christmas, and it's not far from Germany! Don't you love how we have brainwashed everyone?! Whenever someone sees magenta flowers they think of me, and whenever someone sees a Christmas shop they think of Wills! haha
Bravo Dara!! I didn’t want the video to end! You captured perfectly this beautiful town, now it’s on the list!! Johns family is from Barr North of Colmar. I’m reading 2 Julia Childs books at the moment and have become fascinated with France and French cuisine. Your video has just sealed the deal for me, I have to go! Excellent excellent video!!!! ~Cara 💖
Those tarte flambee or flammekuchen were pizza's French cousin... super thin crust that was as thin as a crepe but much crispier. A great combination. The one we had at the first place was perfection! I've been craving it ever since I started editing that vlog!
Italy, which has the original Venice, has a 'little Venice' town, it's at the other end of the Venice lagoon, the town is called Chioggia and has canals but on a smaller scale to Venice. It's on my list to visit because I'm curious to find an alternative to Venice with a lot less people!
Loved the gelato, Ian's one was rocher and blueberries, myrtille is blueberries, I only know that as mertilli is the Italian for blueberries and I just think of the Italian word for something when I need a French word, and with a French word can work out what it means thanks to the fact it look likes the Italian one. Yay for romance languages! I use the same principle with Spanish!
Colmar seems to be everything that is great about France. But the tartes are pizzas French people. Tres magnifique anyway. Not sure what gelato or glace I would have tried? Definitely the cannabis just because. But probably also the violette, the malaga, the licorne (what does unicorn taste like?), the myrtille (because blueberries are healthy), and smurf, the stracciatella... um... when it comes to gelato there is no way I'm just having one. French ice cream is excellent. Almost as good as gelato (in Italy). I don't think I could go by the chocolate museum either. The canal ride looked like fun. I agree, there is only one Venice though. Would you believe we've been to Venice 3 or 4 times and as yet have never done the gondola thing? Next time. Maybe. 😂 There's nothing like a piece of French cheese so no wonder you bought a wedge the size of a building foundation stone. Colmar looks like an Alsace gem. Some of it seems very similar to Strasbourg which was the first place we ever visited in France. Brilliant intro to Colmar. Will be very tempting to put on the French bucket list for next time.
I do think Strasbourg is similar to Colmar... but you need to visit both:-) I can do without trying cannabis gelato, but I should have tasted the unicorn flavour just to report back what it tastes like! I've been to Venice and not done a gondola ride either! So, you are not alone ;-) That made me smile... "wedge the size of a building foundation stone"... quite right! Which now makes me want to build a castle out of cheese!!! lol Thanks for your lovely comment as always, Shane! Hope your 2024 is off to a good start! XX
@@MagentaOtterTravels we went to Pienza in Tuscany where the local cheese is pecorino. Some of the cheese wheel rinds have exactly the same colour and texture as the stonework to some of the churches. So we were sitting on the steps of a church eating cheese, prosciutto and bread and I swear the chunks of cheese looked like they pulled pulled from the walls of the church. Or the churches really are made of cheese. 😂 Nice relaxing start to 2024. Work shutdown till after this weekend. I hope you two have had a marvelous start to the year too.
@@DHenry-oo7ut yes, I'm afraid I feel like crazy but never have time to edit and publish when we're running around! So that's what I do when I'm sitting at home in Texas all winter... catch up! The places I'm showing have remained largely unchanged for the last four or five centuries, I'm hoping it's OK I'm a year late 🤣
Colmar is a nice town, but also a very successful tourist trap. Nice now, but heavilly fought over for hundreds of years, including both world wars. It's as German as it is French.
I am fascinated by places like that. We also visited Bolzano in Italy, which I will hopefully do a Vlog of one of these years, and it was both Italian and German in the same way. I think we avoided the worst part of the tourist season because we were in Colmar in September...
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STAY TUNED!!! Kent and Sussex vlogs start next week!🏴❤🙌
@MagentaOtterTravels I lived in Kent for 33 very long years. Was very glad to get away from it. They have steam trains in Sussex. I'm betting you didn't go to the Bluebell Railway.
@@Poliss95 sorry, I didn't ride any trains! This was our road trip 😉
@@MagentaOtterTravels 😭The Bluebell is one of the best and longest in the country.
@@Poliss95 sorry we missed it!🚂
@@Poliss95 does that over shadow the North York Moors Railway ? (As featured in Harry Potter)
Love a picture book menu. Especially when the real item matches or is even better!
It really is so helpful for those of us who don't speak French! And who don't know what the Alsatian dishes are! We were pleasantly surprised at how delicious the food was. And the setting of the restaurant was picture perfect as well 👍. Thanks so much for watching, Dave and Kathy!🩷🩷
I was there during Christmas many years ago. What a magical town❤
Speechless and hungry. 😁😁The bread looks wonderful. Not so much the giant snail. Love the colourful buildings. I adore old fashioned indoor markets.
House sparrows aren't nearly as common as they used to be. That little one was a female.
Love the little houses in the souvenir shop. The cocoa serving sets. ❤ Oh, the gratin de legumes. 😍😍😘😘
15:15 When you were ducking as low as you could get. The chap behind you sitting up straight looking totally unconcerned. 😂
"J'ai été dans ce tunnel plusieurs fois. Vous pourriez prendre un bus à deux étages par ici." 😁😁
Oh and that cheese at the end. Just the right size for me. 🧀😁
Well done identifying the sparrow! She was a sweet wee bird!
The food was amazing! We definitely had enough cheese to share with you!!!
That's funny that the guy behind me wasn't ducking. Good thing he wasn't decapitated!!
Dara & Ian. A great video. I’ve been to Colmar once on a river cruise from Basle, Switzerland to Amsterdam. It was a morning’s stop, so we had a short walk around the lovely town, saw the lovely buildings and market near where had lunch. Unfortunately, I didn’t have chance to get food there, I was having plenty good food and wines on the cruise! Alsace & Lorainne are places I remember from History in school, these places on the France Germany border and changed hands every time there was a war! Nowadays you cross the border easier than you go from one US state to another.
When I worked on Staten Island (NY) taking the ferry to Manhattan, we obviously went passed Liberty. I knew it was designed by a French man but didn’t realise he was from Colmar. The ferry was the easiest place to see Liberty from. I recommended it to anyone who asked, it was free!
Funny you should say that, we just visited New York City in November and took the ferry so that we could get a good view of the Statue of Liberty! I might publish that blog one of these days, but at the moment I'm working on getting through my Europe footage from September 2022!!!! 🙄
I really did love the food in Colmar.🩷... and it was a fun surprise to see that there was the linkage to the United States!🇺🇸🇫🇷
Hi Dara, not a bad attempt at the French language! 😁 Great pic with the magenta flower arch 🩷 The violet-flavoured gelato looked very interesting. Nice that the flavour wasn't overpowering. Ooh, magenta and rose shutters were gorgeous. Loved the medieval architecture. Escargot pastry?? Very French, haha! You were staying on 'American Street? Lol! The chocolate museum looked funny, especially as you got to sample some at the end. The canal area was so idyllic. The Flambees looked so delish. Lovely vlog, Dara & Ian ❤
Thanks, Julie! It really is a very dreamy place... I've been craving a tarte flambee the whole time I was editing the 600 files into that vlog! I really appreciate you watching and leaving your sweet comment. Have a great weekend! XX Dara
A veritable feast for the eyes and the stomach. Brought cheer to yet another day on which it feels like the UK is drowning. I hope your flat is not under threat.
My heart is aching for everyone dealing with all the awful floods!! I hope the rain stops and there is some relief from the water levels! So far I have not heard of issues around Cheltenham yet...
And yes, I wish I could go have a meal in Colmar right now! That food was amazing.
I am sure that Colmar and resembling places were influential in the Disney films. The homes are beautifully decorated. Not a problem in the rain- I've known famous artists to sing in it. Haha the road sign. It's a small world Dara. Connections everywhere. Amazing museum, chocolate- I've put it on my list. We have been to Colmar- different times different ideals, different focus. I've had those blocks on 'chocolate drink' chocolate. Yum lunch. ☕🍽👌
Oh yes, I'm sure you've had the extra thick Belgian drinking chocolate... GOOD STUFF! Did you enjoy Colmar when you were there? Did you have the flammekuchen (tarte flambee)?
Such a gorgeous place, Dara. Your video (on and off the water!) really made it lovely. Great job. But I'm glad your boat stopped before the bridges where the water was a wee bit too high; I did NOT want to see any bumped heads!! And as always, the foodie parts were so delicious to look at! 😋👍
Yes, I'm glad to report I did not get decapitated in Colmar!
Happy new year, Bobby! I didn't keep track, did you watch my fruitcake video? I wanted to make sure you heard that there is such a thing as Dundee cake! I really want to try it now!
Yes, I did watch the video, Dara, and somehow I too had heard of Dundee cake but had no idea what it was!!
A mini Bruges…with Oxford Punts…with shopping like Lichfield..
I adore Bruges! Yes, Colmar is a collection of wonderful things... including yummy food and wine from the Alsace region!
We enjoyed seeing the beautiful homes and buildings in this lovely town, Dara and Ian. Loved the magenta shutters! (thought I'd better include that) Enjoyed seeing Bartholdi's childhood home. Would love to visit his museum, but understand your wise decision to go for the sweets instead.🤣🤣 They pay homage to him there too, in a much sweeter way! Enjoyed the ducking and lovely canal ride. Haven't done a canal cruise before and would love too. Not quite Dara. Lego's would be to expensive of a building material! Some wonderful food on this day. How did you ever find room for the little bit of cheese later? 😁😁Okay. I remember now that it is good for a month! Lovely tour and day. Thanks so much for bringing us along.
After Colmar we went to Luxembourg to meet up with my RUclips friend Patz. Her family helped us consume that massive block of cheese! It was delicious!! I hope you get a chance to enjoy a nice gondola boat tour in one of your many travel adventures! Thanks for watching!
Dinner perfect. Very traditional- German as well as French. Oh that ice cream looked awesome.The tea shop was photogenic- as was the person in front of it. 🌺
You are too kind ;-)
Does look similar to Belle's hometown. So picturesque!
It really was!
Wow what an incredibly beautiful medieval town. Alsatian wine did you say? 😱 what a great restaurant, love they have pictures on the menu. The food looked wonderful, well done France! The bakeries and delis were world class! Interesting history on chocolate and British inclusions. Wow, even more idyllic from the water! Watch out ducks! Wills would love that shop. Mmm, pesto cheese, i bet that’s incredible, we love pesto. A little bit is a lot? Yikes that is a lot! The French pronunciation sounds nicer, nouga it is! Wow the food in France is next level! This place is going on our list 👍
You NEED to go to Colmar! Preferably in May or September to avoid the summer rush (and the heat, which I know Nick can't handle!).
The food and wine (allegedly) are tremendous, so you would love that! I HIGHLY recommend that restaurant where we ate the first night. And I think the canal boat ride is another absolute must! Thanks for watching :-)
It was always Nuggitt when I was a nippah..... in Kent! 😅😅
Oh yes, nuggitt is another way people say it! Speaking of Kent... I just finished my video for next Tuesday, of the cow shed we stayed in for three days in Kent! ;-)
Why Dara! Who wouldn't enjoy lunch in the rain?
Ian loves rain. I love Ian. I do not enjoy eating in the rain!!!
What a fun video! Nice that places like this are only a short flight from London!
Thanks for watching, Sarah! It really would be the perfect location for an anniversary trip ;-)
Thank you for this Gem Dara, it looks like a wonderful place to relax and enjoy life. Beautiful food and scenery to feast upon. I wish I were there right now relaxing, and watching the world go by.
It is a rather idyllic place to visit, especially when it's not too crowded with tourists as it was when we were there in September. I hope the rain and flooding in Britain improves soon and the sun comes out!
Great boat tour.Fairytale for sure. We have lots of 'duck' canals too 🤣🤪. Dordrecht is also called - the Dutch Venice🤣! Lovely video Dara. You packet a lot in one day despite the rain. ☔. Happy weekend. 🇳🇱🙋♀🇳🇿
That is so funny that you live in the Dutch Venice! Are there canal tours in Dordrecht? I've done a canal tour in Amsterdam which was nice, but I loved the one in Brugge even more ;-)
@@MagentaOtterTravels indeed we do and it’s also a ‘duck’ tour. 😂 Brugge would be nicer though.
Loved watching all about Colmar! It really does look like Beauty and the beast! ❤
Thank you! Yes, it does look like the real life version of the animated movie 🤣
I've yet to go to Alsace but it's on my bucket list.
Yes, it should be! And make sure you visit Colmar. I don't drink wine, but that would be a great place for a wine & food trip!!
@@MagentaOtterTravels Jacques Pepin is from the Alsace region and he is one of my culinary heroes so I figure I can't go wrong there.
I'm more of a red wine drinker and Alsace wines both in France and Germany are most noted for their whites.
There are some wonderful, very delicate, and surprisingly inexpensive pinot noir blends with other red grapes from Alsace that match very well with very stinky cheese.
Stinking Bishop comes to mind.
As a Kiwi, I'm surprised to find out we pronounce nougat correctly! Thats a beautiful city, thanks for sharing, I've only done southern France but will put it on the list.
Well done by the folks Down Under! It really is a beautiful village within a city... I hope you get a chance to visit next time you are in France!
Great vid'- again! Thanks. Originally Nougat came from Iran where it is called Gaz, so you pays your money and takes your choice.
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Hi Dara and Ian, what a lovely place to visit. The buildings look so nice. Beautiful x loved all the cuckoo clocks. The walk by the canal looked lovely. Didn’t realise the history of the Statue of Liberty. Ooh the chocolate museum looked yum. Nice boat trip on the canal x really enjoyed the video thank you for sharing x Julie x
I was surprised to hear about the Statue of Liberty connection as well! Such a delightful place to visit! XX
This is great Dara. We visited last year but when we were there it was absolutely rammed with people!! Looks so much more appealing when you visited. But a stunning place. And some of the food you had looked utterly delicious!
We missed the canal trip but that looked wonderful too.
Hope you guys are doing well and had a good Christmas
And Happy New Year from me and Sue.
I'm glad we avoided the touristy crowds from the height of summer. We were there at a great time in September... despite encountering a few raindrops. Gave me a chance to visit the chocolate museum, right? haha
Happy New Year to you both, Dave and Sue!
Good memories!
such a beautiful city to visit, it is so picturesque. it must be awful for the residents to travel to other city's, as they would just think they looked bland.
I knew there was going to ice-cream in this video as soon I saw Ian in it. lol
I agree, people living in this city would be spoiled with all that beautiful beautiful architecture!
Do you speak enough French to know if that ice cream Ian ate was blueberry or currant?
@@MagentaOtterTravels TBH I'm not that great at speaking proper French, but Myrtille is Blueberry.
I know more Jèrriais, which is also known as Jersey-French. which is derived from Norman French. so is a bit different from the Common French language.
Lovely place never been there before been to France many times have you been to Bordeaux it's a beautiful city and if travel south of the city to Arcachan Bay and visit Dune du Pilat (Europe's biggest sand dunes)
Wow, I didn't know France had sand dunes!😳
This was SUCH A GREAT VIDEO! Colmar is now officially on our bucket list!!!
Yay! Mission accomplished! Thanks so much.
Colmar looks so beautiful. Some of the buildings remind me of ones I saw in Rouen but next level.
Also, I live for a biscuiterie!
It really was SO beautiful! I was taking so many video clips that I was just buried in footage!!! That's why it took me so long to edit this darn thing... I had to compile 600 files! I know there are other lovely towns and villages in the region, but this place really is a "must visit" IMHO ;-)
@@MagentaOtterTravels 600!!!! No wonder you hate editing 😆 But I know what you mean … it’s so hard not to film everything in such a beautiful place.
@@britainonabudget yes, it's a problem! I was thinking of you yesterday because I started editing my Arundel video. Fortunately I think I only have 300 files to edit for that video 😉
@@MagentaOtterTravels hooray only 300! Hahahaha. I’m so excited for Arundel, can’t wait to see it.
@@britainonabudget I'm grateful to you for inspiring us to go there!
That's a BIG salad. And a real lucky duck!! 🍀🦆
It's nice to get some healthy food occasionally when you are traveling and eating out all the time!
How pretty! The town seems to have a tranquil air about it, and the food looked wonderful.
Yes, absolutely! We were lucky to be there in September, not the height of the tourist crush in mid summer... so we avoided the crowds. It was the perfect time to be there! Highly recommend a visit to that lovely place ;-)
Oh that water tower (00:31)...isn't it cool. We have lot sof them here. Re-furbished into homes, hotels and the like. Quite smart building the way they did. Ground floor is ground space- taxable. Upper level extra footage, upper upper level more footage. No extra tax yet larger floor space. Smart thinking. 👌
Yes, I saw a London water tower converted into a home on Grand Designs. So interesting!!
@@MagentaOtterTravels the houses have those jutting out levels to avoid extra tax on the sq footage of the foundations of the house. That was what I meant with that explanation. 👌
@@IamaDutch-Kiwi oh! Now I understand! Thank you 😉
@@MagentaOtterTravels I was a bit vague wasn’t I! 😂😂
So adorable- definitely looks like beauty and the beast!!! Love the Bartholdi history- and a chocolate museum wow!!!!!
Doesn't it?! You and Kieron would love this place... fabulous food! And wine too (allegedly ;-) )... and the boat rides are lovely. Would make a great romantic getaway! With your taste for crazy foods, I think you need to try all those bizarre flavours of ice cream and film a taste test! haha
Happy New Year, Jim! Wishing you all the best for 2024! XX Dara
That boat ride was absolutely adorable 😊 Smurf flavor would be fun
Beautiful city, one of the reasons why I love going to the UK and Europe during the early (It gets too hot in the later months!) summer months is that all the trees have leaves and the flowers are blooming, it just adds so much colour to the landscape. Even a rainy day looks lovely!
Yes it was a bit rainy but in the end we had a great time there. And I agree it is best to avoid the height of summer!
Love the magenta train, Dara! How come Ian isn't wearing something magenta too? Watching now. Or have you figured that out? 🤣🤣
Ian pretty much refuses to wear magenta 😔
What a magical boat ride! We used to live in the Venice of America! LOL
Where is the Venice of America? My aunt used to live in Venice Beach! 😜 heehee
@@MagentaOtterTravels Fort Lauderdale, Fl. "More than 300 miles of canals weave through the greater area, with 165 miles of those running through Fort Lauderdale itself."
@@WITYTRAVELS I had no idea! How interesting
Have always wanted to visit Colmar, it's actually breath taking how beautiful it is. Very Disney/Fairy-tale but it just oozes medieval French architecture, absolutely love the windows and the paintings, they are so pretty. In love with this, will 100% be putting this on the map, thank you Dara and Ian for a wonderful video
Thank you so much! It really is a magical place... I hope you get to visit!
It’s a beautiful city. Looks like a stunning place to visit. Loved the menu picture book! Great idea. What does Smurf icecream even taste like and should t it be blue!! I hope you shared a fair bit of your breakfast with that lovely bird! Oo chocolate museum, lovely. Your boat tour looked so peaceful and what views. Hahah thanks for the shout out!! We definitely have to come to Colmar now just for that Christmas shop!! You can’t beat a giant wedge of cheese!! We loved this place and video. Cheers and Happy Nee Year 🍻
Thanks for watching! Your comment got put in the limbo file so I just saw it ;-)
I hope that next Christmas season you get to visit German Christmas Markets again... and can swing by Colmar. It is supposed to be FABULOUS at Christmas, and it's not far from Germany!
Don't you love how we have brainwashed everyone?! Whenever someone sees magenta flowers they think of me, and whenever someone sees a Christmas shop they think of Wills! haha
Bravo Dara!! I didn’t want the video to end! You captured perfectly this beautiful town, now it’s on the list!! Johns family is from Barr North of Colmar. I’m reading 2 Julia Childs books at the moment and have become fascinated with France and French cuisine. Your video has just sealed the deal for me, I have to go! Excellent excellent video!!!! ~Cara 💖
YES! You simply must go! You have family history connections, the food (and wine, allegedly ;-) ) is amazing, and it is gorgeous!!
Loving the look of the almost pizzas, my sort of food 😋
Those tarte flambee or flammekuchen were pizza's French cousin... super thin crust that was as thin as a crepe but much crispier. A great combination. The one we had at the first place was perfection! I've been craving it ever since I started editing that vlog!
Italy, which has the original Venice, has a 'little Venice' town, it's at the other end of the Venice lagoon, the town is called Chioggia and has canals but on a smaller scale to Venice. It's on my list to visit because I'm curious to find an alternative to Venice with a lot less people!
What a great idea! I agree, Venice in the height of summer is such a tourist trap! When I visited there I felt like I was in Disneyland😳
Ian, how could you go around checking out magenta shutters without Dara?! Love the link between Colmar and the US. What a fun fact!
I was surprised to learn the Statue of Liberty connection! It was a fun discovery!
Loved the gelato, Ian's one was rocher and blueberries, myrtille is blueberries, I only know that as mertilli is the Italian for blueberries and I just think of the Italian word for something when I need a French word, and with a French word can work out what it means thanks to the fact it look likes the Italian one. Yay for romance languages! I use the same principle with Spanish!
That's so funny! I do the same thing because I know more Spanish than French. But unfortunately I don't know the Spanish word for blueberries! Lol
Bonnie Texan Lass when will you return to England 🏴?
1 May we will be back in person! But my videos will be back next week! 😉 Kent and Sussex road trip!
I'm on a mini ' cruise ' next week to the IOW 😂, just me and my van
I think your cruise to the Isle of Wight will not be as serene and lovely as our boat tour of Colmar ;-)
@@MagentaOtterTravels definitely not, but I will pass an Abbey, a Victorian Chapel and a Castle
@@wencireone that's not bad at all!
Dara, I hope our feathered friend at 8:40 did get some "crumbs".
Probably! But I filmed this so long ago I don't remember! My family loves to feed birds 🩷
Colmar seems to be everything that is great about France. But the tartes are pizzas French people. Tres magnifique anyway. Not sure what gelato or glace I would have tried? Definitely the cannabis just because. But probably also the violette, the malaga, the licorne (what does unicorn taste like?), the myrtille (because blueberries are healthy), and smurf, the stracciatella... um... when it comes to gelato there is no way I'm just having one. French ice cream is excellent. Almost as good as gelato (in Italy).
I don't think I could go by the chocolate museum either. The canal ride looked like fun. I agree, there is only one Venice though. Would you believe we've been to Venice 3 or 4 times and as yet have never done the gondola thing? Next time. Maybe. 😂
There's nothing like a piece of French cheese so no wonder you bought a wedge the size of a building foundation stone.
Colmar looks like an Alsace gem. Some of it seems very similar to Strasbourg which was the first place we ever visited in France. Brilliant intro to Colmar. Will be very tempting to put on the French bucket list for next time.
I do think Strasbourg is similar to Colmar... but you need to visit both:-)
I can do without trying cannabis gelato, but I should have tasted the unicorn flavour just to report back what it tastes like!
I've been to Venice and not done a gondola ride either! So, you are not alone ;-)
That made me smile... "wedge the size of a building foundation stone"... quite right! Which now makes me want to build a castle out of cheese!!! lol
Thanks for your lovely comment as always, Shane! Hope your 2024 is off to a good start! XX
@@MagentaOtterTravels we went to Pienza in Tuscany where the local cheese is pecorino. Some of the cheese wheel rinds have exactly the same colour and texture as the stonework to some of the churches. So we were sitting on the steps of a church eating cheese, prosciutto and bread and I swear the chunks of cheese looked like they pulled pulled from the walls of the church. Or the churches really are made of cheese. 😂
Nice relaxing start to 2024. Work shutdown till after this weekend. I hope you two have had a marvelous start to the year too.
@@ShaneNixonFamily that was a funny image! Love your cheese story 🩷. Good luck getting back to work! Hope it's not too jarring 😉
Another great Vlog, Colmar looks like a great place . What happened to Texas
We are still in Texas until the spring. But I have a year and a half worth of fabulous Vlog footage I need to be publishing over the next few months!
I get you now. It's old videos, thanks@@MagentaOtterTravels
@@DHenry-oo7ut yes, I'm afraid I feel like crazy but never have time to edit and publish when we're running around! So that's what I do when I'm sitting at home in Texas all winter... catch up! The places I'm showing have remained largely unchanged for the last four or five centuries, I'm hoping it's OK I'm a year late 🤣
Colmar is a nice town, but also a very successful tourist trap. Nice now, but heavilly fought over for hundreds of years, including both world wars. It's as German as it is French.
I am fascinated by places like that. We also visited Bolzano in Italy, which I will hopefully do a Vlog of one of these years, and it was both Italian and German in the same way. I think we avoided the worst part of the tourist season because we were in Colmar in September...
I see you skipped straight passed the cannabis flavour 🤪
Yes I did. Not a fan! That was the worst part about our recent trip to New York City. It was literally everywhere! And I don't mean the ice cream...
@@MagentaOtterTravels yes ! , hard to believe so many people need it for medical reasons 😕