{"id":125613,"date":"2025-06-29T17:45:35","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T15:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rendahls.se\/?p=125613"},"modified":"2025-07-30T14:12:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T12:12:00","slug":"up-to-the-mountains-with-a-view-to-the-grand-balloon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rendahls.se\/en\/blog\/2025\/06\/29\/upp-mot-bergen-med-sikte-pa-grand-balloon\/","title":{"rendered":"Up to the mountains with a view of the Grand Balloon"},"content":{"rendered":"

It's getting hot \ud83e\udd75 After a few sweaty days in Colmar, we decided to head up to the mountains, the Vosges. Yes, who knew that Alsace has \"real\" mountains with peaks of over 1500 metres? We didn't, but it was an interesting discovery and a part of the region that is not as well known (read: full of tourists).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The first stop was in the small village of Lautenbach Zell which is normally full of walkers and cyclists but due to the heat we hardly saw a human being. In the middle of the village there is a small campsite and although it was luxurious to have it all to yourself, at the same time it was almost a bit spooky and you almost wondered if there had been a zombie apocalypse without us noticing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were beautiful views in all directions and super fresh facilities so we had a great time. You can read more about the campsite here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The highlight of the village was the lilac-coloured restaurant, Restaurant \u00e0 la Truite. We thought it was a bit strange that they had a fish restaurant up in the mountains but it would turn out that it had a twist that we had not seen before. However, it started with a misunderstanding as we understood that they had difficulty finding a table for us in an obviously empty restaurant. We interpreted this to mean that they did not want us as guests for some unclear reason as the large restaurant in the small village could not possibly be fully booked on a weekday. However, it turned out to be just a matter of us being there a little early in the usual Swedish spirit and while we were eating, it was indeed full. We also did not see a single tourist so the whole village must have been there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We had two excellent starters and, funnily enough, a bottle of grand cru from Domaine Jean-Louis Schoepfer that we wrote about earlier. You can read more about it here<\/a>. When it was getting close to the main course, we witnessed the restaurant's twist. One of the chefs came trotting with a plastic bucket, hoisted a trout out of a pond and after a few resolute slaps, he had the ingredients for our main course. It was an interesting way to get fresh fish even when you don't have a lake as far as the eye can see... \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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