Ladys' Day in Soufflenheim, France
Thurs, August 4, 2016
A group of Missionary Sisters decided to take a day off to visit a delightful little town in France, just a two hour drive from Frankfurt. Rebecca Stay drove the Area van, with Liz Edmunds as guide, Janet Jensen, Anne Lovell, Peggy Proctor, Ruth Rich, and me.
The traditional costume of the Alsace area of France.
Liz Edmunds, The Food Nanny from the BYU Channel, fell in love with this small town of Soufflenheim on one of her trips through France.
She loves the baguettes made by this award-winning chef.
This town specializes in pottery-making, as shown by the tile on this building.
We zipped around town to check out about six of the pottery shops; they close at noon every day. Each shop specializes in its own unique style.
Each and every one of the Sisters helped make it possible for me to enjoy the day!
Here's my favorite style. Ken & I had picked up these bowls a few months ago when stopping in Soufflenheim on our way home from business elsewhere.
More of their designs on the outside of the shop.
I wanted to get some smaller bowls and was disappointed to find the store closed; the owners could have been on vacation.
Some of the cute things being sold besides kitchen items.
When the pottery stores all closed at noon for two hours, we enjoyed a delicious lunch.
Sisters Proctor and Jensen.
Sisters Lovell and Edmunds.
Sisters Rich, Matheson and Stay.
The veal cordon bleu with mushrooms in munster cheese sauce was the absolute best I've ever eaten!
Europe is knee deep in fries, but here are the real French fries!
Hearts must be a tradition of the Alsace region because they were everywhere.
The restaurant had quilted hearts all around.
French desserts? This cheese cake was unlike any other I've ever tasted (light and fluffy)!
We enjoyed dessert-tasting.
Blueberry tart with a physallis on the side.
Chocolate mousse.
Next to this Church was an old cemetery.
The graves were moved to another cemetery, so now it is just a beautiful grassy area featuring a diorama of the Last Supper....
...and this statue of Joan of Arc.
This sign should be at every store: "If you take my (parking) place, take also my handicap."
We found a grocery store to get a few French foods to take home with us.
Sister Edmunds had come across French salt that she loves, so we all wanted to try it.
It is very flavorful!
The best part of this day was sharing it with others who are interested in the same things!
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