Saturday in Sarrebourg

On Saturday, we drove on idyllic back roads to the town of Sarrebourg to see the Chagall windows at the Chapel of the Cordeliers. Arriving just before lunch, and finding that the Chapel would be closed until 2 pm, we found a salon de the in the nearby pedestrian street and ate al fresco.

Tibor loved looking at the fabulous pastries.

And whose hand is that?

With about an hour to kill, we got in the car and drove in to the foothills of the Vosges mountains, where we saw the Plan Incline (a boatlift on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin) that replaces 17 locks. Turning up the valley toward the Vosges mountains, we climbed up to Dabo, which is famous for a 19th century chapel perched on a rocky outcropping.

The views from Dabo were spectacular.

We returned to Sarrebourg and visited the chapel to see the magnificent Chagall window built in the 1960s. On our way to the Sarrebourg City Museum, we passed by the city's synagogue, which is still in use.

On our way back to Metz, we drove past lovely countryside, and we stopped so that Mom could get a better look at the dandelions that are everywhere!

Our last stop was in Delme, where we visited the Delme Synagogue. Built in 1881, destroyed in World War II, and rebuilt in the 1950s (albeit smaller), it was used as a synagogue until 1981. It has been a contemporary arts center since 1993.

Built in the Oriental Style, the synagogue retains some wonderful details.