Hayao Miyazaki's animation "Howl's Moving Castle" - Colmar

On July 12, I rested in the room for a day, probably because I walked too much and my feet hurt. On July 13, the 25th day of the European trip, the weather was clear and the temperature was over 20 degrees. I took a train from Strasbourg to Colmar. Colmar is a city in Alsace, northeastern France, and the capital of the Haut-Rhin department. Colmar is also known as the "Venice of France". The environment there is beautiful, and the rustic Alsatian style is perfectly preserved. The "half-timbered houses" are like fairy tale cottages, the red and black Alsatian national costumes, the practical and beautiful Alsatian pottery, the simple Alsatian stew, the small bridges and flowing water, and the clusters of flowers make people linger. The scenes in Hayao Miyazaki's animation "Howl's Moving Castle" were designed based on Colmar. This is one of the most romantic areas, named for its canals and flower boats. The town is full of small wooden houses with Alsatian characteristics, with a unique fairy tale color. Colmar is also the hometown of Bartholdi, the author of the Statue of Liberty in New York. At the roundabout in Colmar, there is a small Statue of Liberty standing, and you can look at the goddess up close from the bus.