Colmar, day 2

We awakened in the wee (think 5 a.m.) hours to the sounds of hammering and clanking. It turns out that today is the annual (as in one day per year) HUGE street market in Colmar! I took a picture (left) early in the day from our balcony. (NOTE: The 'Casino' in the picture is a French grocery chain, not a gambling emporium!)
Colmar is a sweet, relaxed, lovely place... and we chose a very slow place today. Over the weekend we will tour other villages along the "wine road" but for now it is slow and easy.
Later in the day we had Skype chats with the Rev. Seth Polley (some of you may remember him from last year's ecumenical retreat; he is the Episcopal missioner for the Mexican border) and Kelly, Steve, Kayla and Aidan ... these were separate chats, of course.
CHANGE: We have changed our itinerary; the time at Plum Village (Buddhist) Monastery will not work out. We had planned a 4-day visit, but they insist on 7 days as a minimum. So.... we will head to Paris when we leave Colmar, several days ahead of the plan. (I will study the teachings of the Buddhist leader on my own... especially his focus on 'mindfulness'-- more on that to come.)
Onward.