Still in France: Ribeauville and Riquewihr. Choleric VS Sanguines type

I continue my story of my Euro trip or France trip or ALSACE trip.

In Gerardmer, Mo and I haven't decided which direction we would take. There were 2 possibilities, go to LES BAINS, place for hot spring ( or hot swimming pool- I actually didn't know exactly what it was) or to COLMAR. We definitely needed something WARM since it was very cold in Gerardmer. But I saw in the map that there is less to see or to do in Les bains. If we go to Colmar, we could visit some interesting places ( Mo said so), Ribeauville, Riquewihr, and to a castle and then go Colmar and Strasbourg.
Mo gave me 2 options, in Les bains we could do this and in Colmar there are this and that. Was a little bit CONFUSED whether I wanted to have a nice hot spring and relaxed ( which we really needed it) or should I reach as many cities as possible in France. I then decided that I wanted to go to Colmar. But then he said we would MISS the nice hot spring and so on and so on. I was again confused and didn't like that situation. He let me decide which direction we should go but when I already made my decision, he CONFRONTED me again with the fact that we would miss the bad thermal.
Didn't know if this was another culture difference or it's just his personality against mine. CHOLERIC VS SANGUINES type :-). When I had the time I will write about these CULTURAL DIFFERENCES. Maybe not much since I've been learning and got in touch with the Dutch culture since I was in college, so, lets say that I am more or less familiar and accepted the DUTCH NORMS. This will make my story less MEANINGFUL or objective actually.

Anyway, we drove further to Ribeauville and Riquewihr. on the road again was making me NERVOUS coz I had to read the map again. urgh :-). I MISSED Dessy everytime I had to read the map. I wish she was there with me :-). Dessy and I studied in Leiden for 6 months. She was good in reading map. She only needed a couple of hours to learn where is the centre of Leiden, our university and our apartment. While it took me 3 days for that hihi

Being a navigator was also new to me. in Indonesia I always fall ASLEEP in the car heheh. It happened many times when I went back to Jakarta from my father's house, I felt asleep in the car. At one time our driver GAVE UP. he said: enough Ban ( my nickname at home), promise me that you would not fall asleep, stay awake or otherwise u should take the back seat and let Tonton ( my nephew) sit next to me *kekekekekek*. You guys must know which task I took hihihihi.

Good, we arrived at Ribeauville with the feeling of RELIEF since it was NOT COLD anymore. The SUN was SHINING, the WEATHER was WARM.
Ribeauville and Riquewihr were amazing. Located between the VINEYARDS and the MOUNTAINS. The houses there are so BEAUTIFUL. Each house has different color. Just see them on the pictures.

RIbeauville and Riquewihr are also known for their vineyards. learned a little bit about wine. Mo told me some INTERESTING stories about wine, champagne, different kind of grapes. In Ribeauville and Riquewihr, WINES ARE NOT NAMED AFTER THE LOCATIONS BUT NAMED AFTER THE DIFFERENT KIND OF GRAPES of which they are made. I only know 2 different types of grapes: PINOT and MUSCAT since Mo bought them hehehe. Could not tell the difference between them. But I think I LIKE PINOT BETTER THAN MUSCAT. Pinot is not so strong as muscat, not so bitter I guess.

It's too bad that we didn't find a wine factory where we could see the wine making process.

In Riquewihr I finally had to buy a new pair of shoes. hihi. VERY GOOD shoes for walking and hiking. in Jakarta I've never put that shoes on but it will be definitely very useful for next trips.