After traveling to Basel by train, our tour guides took us on a side trip to Colmar, France. This area of France, the Alsace, has been traded back and forth from France to Germany, and back to France with every major war. The city was in terrible disrepair after WWII, but then Charles de Gaulle instituted the restoration of Colmar. Today it's one of the most popular destinations in France. This area is known as "Little Venice."
