Colmar, in Alsace

I was pried out of the hotel in Strasbourg, taken to the train station, and Liz and I took a 45-minute train trip to Colmar, the second-largest town in Alsace. Okay, I was wrong yesterday: Colmar is a slightly smaller (but just as pretty) version of Strasbourg. We are staying along what is known as the "wine road" of Alsace, and all of these villages are delightful.
Strasbourg's oldest part was called "La Petitte France" (Little France). Not to be outdone, the oldest section of Colmar is called "La Petite Venise" (Little Venice)... complete with canals and these amazing daub-and-wattle medieval buildings. Our hotel, the St. Martin, (pictured above left) dates from 1361. Zounds. (It is the corner building on the right... we are on the second floor.)
Now, just so that you will understand how arduous this all is, I close with a picture to the right... actually from Roussillon, but you get the idea.
Onward.