This little town has many delights. But have a care! It also has La Tour des Fripons. It was one of the two towers protecting the entrance to the town. But it did double duty as a prison. Hence the name. A ‘fripon‘ is a ‘knave‘.
Our real objective for today was the Memorial Museum at Linge. Here was somewhere that brought to life one of the many horrifying periods of WWI, in this case high in the Vosges mountains. It’s a tale that needs telling, but not tonight. Expect a post sometime after our return home.
From Pyrenees to Pennines 
We stopped at Picardy on our train journey from Strasbourg to Lille on Wednesday. Impossible not to think of WWI.
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And we spent our first night in a place that had been rebuilt after WW1 as part of German reparations. They had torched it when they no longer needed to use it as a billet. We were in full WW1 territory and memories of it are everywhere.
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Not a town we visited last year on our Alsace Adventure so looking forward to your post.
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So many interesting towns …
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Too many!
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It looks a fascinating place, I look forward to your account!
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Soon. So much history here!
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The weather doesn’t look the best. Lovely photos. Should do a link for Monday Window later
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I should. The weather’s on its way up. We hope. But it’s OK. I have a sack full of Monday Windows and Thursday Doors here!
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Brilliant. Enjoy you days and get lots of photos
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Lots of photos. But my computer’s playing up and sharing’s a pain.Technology!
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I’m seeing Alsace outside Strasbourg for the first time in your post. It could be sunnier
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It COULD be sunnier, But it’s getting better. And we’re Briish. We can cope!
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to me that’s one of the places in Alsace where I always wonder: how many ways to write are they, with your version I’m on three! I find the whole of Elsass (German writing) a delight to visit – but of course, I have no terrible or devastating direct connections to wars. What marked me forever where the sites and history in Normandy.
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Amazing how they recovered the beauty even if the scars and memories remain
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We’ve seen more scars today. So much unknown (to us) history ….
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Terrifying scars
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Not a town I’d heard of but it sounds interesting. I’m looking forward to more detailed posts from you on your return, but meanwhile it’s lovely to get your postcards 😀
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In a minute I’ve got to decide what to send today. So many choices ….!
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So interesting about knave used as the name of the prison tower. I like the window garland in the first photo as well.
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All good travelling experiences.
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