Obernai Storks and Mont St. Odile

Sunday we were picked up from Strasbourg from our friends at French Cycling Holidays.  We met our group of fellow cyclists...a big group of 18 I think it is.  Mostly consisting of a big family from North Carolina and a couple from Australia.  Lots of names to remember!  Most people have E bikes on this trip but Dad and I are on regular bikes fueled by Sorbet or Glacé!  They are bigger bikes than I am used to but our warm up ride got us into the swing of things with a ride into the town of Obernai and our first climb to Mont St. Odile.  A convent/monastery on top of a 764 meter peak named after the patron saint of the Alsace....Odile.  When she was 12 years old her sight miraculously returned when she was baptized.  Then she was renamed Odile meaning  “child of light”.
Sights from the Alsace region! Storks nesting in the rooftops.  
                                Dad on top of Mont St. Odile
                                 The covenant walls
                        First half of our ride took us into the of town Obernai.  Saw the storks here! And had some Glacé for lunch.  
                        Stone walls where the monastery is set atop. 
                    Views from Mont St. Odile looking back towards Strasbourg!
                    Vistas from the top
                       Iconic French sunflower fields and little villages 
                    Storks nesting in Obernai, they make a very unique sound with their beaks.  

                            Walk along the covenant walls requests silence.  

Comments

  1. barron.mary@gmail.comJuly 2, 2023 at 9:55 PM

    Those storks are loving this town! Wonder why? More beautiful pics! You have a good eye for finding great shots! Good luck on ride today!
    Love you!

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    1. BJuly 2, 2023 at 11:07 PM

      Ill find out more about the storks. Im sure they will be with us all week!

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  2. Gunther (Dad)July 2, 2023 at 9:57 PM

    Being on the road with Becks is always one of the highlights of my life.

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  3. BJuly 2, 2023 at 11:06 PM

    ❤️❤️

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  4. ChrisJuly 3, 2023 at 9:05 AM

    Looks like great weather. Nice climbing on the heavy tour bike!

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  5. barron.mary@gmail.comJuly 3, 2023 at 12:54 PM

    The fields of sunflowers are beautiful!

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  6. AnonymousJuly 4, 2023 at 12:28 PM

    Enjoying living once again vicariously through your adventures and precision reflections of the day. I am counting down the days to tv, movies, Piatti’s, Bridges, 🍕, walks around the ‘mo with your mama! Continued fun journeys. Love ya, G

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