Since we had spent the previous afternoon walking around the Colmar Christmas markets, I decided we needed to be a bit more sightseeing tourists rather than just Christmas market tourists, so I pulled out the single sheet of Colmar "To-do's" that I put together before the trip.
(I do a list for each town, all on separate pages. It works well -- we don't hit everything on the list, but it gives us an idea of what we should check out. I first did it for our month in Barcelona, and have been doing it since.)
Editor's Note: There you go again, bringing up your fabulous month-long stay in Barcelona. Show-off! Writer: Yup, guilty as charged.
Now, since we were wandering through town looking for specific buildings, it did not preclude us from going through the Christmas markets. We sure did wander through markets.
Our first stop was the Koifhus, the Old Customs House, a Gothic building completed in 1480. It's also called the Ancienne Douane (there won't be a test).
A beautiful building, there was even an indoor market in the main hall, as well as an outdoor market around the fountain in the square on the east side. (Editor's Note: I don't think the readers care whether the market is on the east, west, north, or south side of the building! Writer: Of course they do, my readers are smarter than the average bear!)
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