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So far this summer I’ve been in Frankfurt, Germany; Colmar, Alsace; Schwörstadt, a German village on the Rhine; and Zürich, Switzerland. There is just one piece of advice I can give: take plenty of money and then some.

Colmar. This town, south of Strasbourg, is totally enchanting, both to look at and to be in. France irons the creases out of my spirit. There is service too. And the food is excellent, a contrast to the sordid pretentiousness of German menus. The core of the town is medieval and Renaissance; there are charming houses on old streets and —above all—the museum of Unterlinden. There is the wonder of wonders among paintings, the altarpiece of Mathias Grunewald (c.1480-1528), which many experts think the greatest picture ever painted.

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So far this summer I’ve been in Frankfurt, Germany; Colmar, Alsace; Schwörstadt, a German village on the Rhine; and Zürich, Switzerland. There is just one piece of advice I can give: take plenty of money and then some.

Colmar. This town, south of Strasbourg, is totally enchanting, both to look at and to be in. France irons the creases out of my spirit. There is service too. And the food is excellent, a contrast to the sordid pretentiousness of German menus. The core of the town is medieval and Renaissance; there are charming houses on old streets and —above all—the museum of Unterlinden. There is the wonder of wonders among paintings, the altarpiece of Mathias Grunewald (c.1480-1528), which many experts think the greatest picture ever painted.