les vosges en automne. gérardmer.

the lac de gérardmer is a huge natural mountain lake in a beautiful scenery. we walked around the whole lake ( there was an adventurous hiking trail on one side of the lake - very slippery! ). after the hike we decided to drive to kaysersberg - a medieval town in the alsace region ( pictures coming in a separate blogpost ). it was a very good day with a lot to see.

lac de gérardmer.

i loved how these kajaks looked.

it was a very icy morning, and this is proof of it!

tree roots.

this was the adventurous part of our walk, we really had to be cautious because the tree roots everywhere were really slippery.

the red clothed person is my mother. here you can see perfectly what the pathway looked like.

the blue of the water was astonishing.

mom and dad enjoying a lake view.

it was early november and some flowers were still blooming!

a shimmering granite.

this is called 'la roche du diable' - the devil's rock.

the very steep view from the devil's rock.

this is what you saw when you stood at the barriers.

le lac blanc - the white lake.

everything seemed kind of white here.

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