First Border crossing to the town of Colmar, France

It was a long weekend in Switzerland and when the clock struck 4pm on Saturday afternoon, we thought, stuff it let's go to France for dinner! I recalled a tip from a colleague living in the border town of Basel that Colmar was a good place to visit. 

Colmar it would be and I quickly printed off the direction from google maps and we loaded up the car with everything for the kids and spare clothes just in case. 

It took less than two hours, we were waived through the vehicle inspection at the border and had arrived in Colmar. 

We even got a car park just on the edge of the old town which was walking traffic only. Unfortunately the babies needed nappy changes and we used the nearby bus stop seat for a change table (see picture).

The town was beautiful with cobble stone roads, really old houses (one dated 1419) and lots of curious shops, one shop had only ginger breads. After walking through one street storm clouds came over and it started to rain. We ducked for cover of an alfresco restaurant and decided to have dinner while it rained. The rain did not get lighter and soon the tent cover was leaking, so we asked for the food to go and I ran back to get the van and drive it up to the restaurant to pick up the kids. We got home by 11pm tired but happy to have played in France for the afternoon.