We awoke this morning to the barely believable views of the Eiger out of our balcony and after getting motivated, we headed down for breakfast.  This, of course, took place with equally stunning views out of the windows of the restaurant, albeit through glass… oh, how we did well to cope! 🙂  The breakfast was lovely and the coffee strong!  They also served some funky marbled hard boiled eggs.  Once we’d fed ourselves well, we got packed up, watched some paragliders and checked out; Lois couldn’t help but make a cheeky comment about them honouring the same price next time we stayed, hehe.

We walked to the train station to get the train back down to the cable car station and it was as memorable a journey as on the way up.  We had both been so bowled over with the beauty and staggering size of the scenery up in the Swiss mountains, that I think we were both sad to leave it behind.  The cable car journey on the way down proved as enjoyable (if not a little stomach turning at times!) and was run with the usual Swiss efficiency that we’d become accustomed to.

We were soon back at the MR2 and had re-packed it once more, before heading off north to Alsace.  The journey out of the Lauterbrunnen Valley was gorgeous and we scooted past another turquoise lake, taking in more beautiful scenery on the way.

Our intended stop off for the day was the National Automobile Museum of France, situated in Mulhouse.  We made good time and, after ogling some of the cars in the car park, we headed in.  We started to browse the unique and priceless collection, but, after 40 minutes or so, an announcement came over the tannoy to alert us to the fact that the ‘On Track Spectacular’ was going to start in 15 minutes.

We headed outside with the crowds of visitors and were entertained by 14 or so cars exploring and explaining the automotive history of the last 120 years or so.  It was done with typical French humour and the men that were driving the cars seemed to enjoy playing along with all of the period characters, some of them ladies!  A little too much some might say.

After the show, which lasted 30-40 minutes, we continued browsing the impressive collection that contained many cars that I’d never even heard of, and even many manufacturers that I hadn’t heard of either!  The rest of specimens on show were all in concourse condition and included some lovely Italian sports cars, F1 cars from all eras, a Mercedes 300 SL (the same that we’d seen a few days prior parked in a car park in Switzerland) and even a Bugatti Veyron.  It was fascinating viewing how cars have changed through history.

Once we’d left the museum, we set off on the 30 minute or so journey to here in Eguisheim.  For the first time really in 2 weeks, we experienced rain!  It did need it though, as the air was quite muggy.  We arrived at the B&B safely, got checked in and moved all of our bags into the room.  We have become quite the experts at un-packing and packing the MR2 and so can now do it with ease.

After a brief rest, we headed into Eguisheim itself, which was only a 5 minute stroll.  We had already decided to treat ourselves to eating out tonight and ended up at a nice pizzeria in the town, which Lois’ family had previously had a take-away from a few years ago.  The pizza was lovely, as was the wine.

We then made our way back to our accommodation and shortly after getting back I decided that an early night was in order.  Whilst I was sleeping, Lois was having fun with her camera taking pictures of the surrounding landscape.  Tomorrow she’s promised to give me a taste of both the local area and the local wine!

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