Hermann MO: Willkommen

We checked into the Alsace Suite at Schiller Guest Suites in Hermann around 3 o'clock yesterday. I took these photos before we messed the place up...

Huge suite. Living room opens to kitchen. Bedroom beyond.

The kitchen with its fabulous old sink. This is a bed-and-do-it-yourself-breakfast.

Pull out sofa. Great colors. Fantastic light.

Lovely bedroom in the French provincial style.

The view from the bed. Fireplace even put out a little bit of heat, which is good since it's 29 degrees as I write.

Sampling hard cider at a tasting in The Bank Bar downstairs.

There are grapes everywhere in this valley. Even on our windows.

Our kitchen table. The owners left a freshly baked Quiche Lorraine, eggs, fruit, yogurt, OJ, cream, muffins and pumpkin bread and, of course, coffee for us to fix ourselves, at our leisure.

And now, for a little wine and beer tasting, because when in Hermann....