Gérardmer - Whirlpool, Arcade-Tisch und Sternenhimmel

🇫🇷 Gérardmer - Hot tub, an arcade table and a starry sky

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On Sunday 9 August 2026, the first full day in the Vosges, in the middle of the fifth heatwave.

Gérardmer and the hot tub

It’s so hot we have to cool the hot tub down instead of heating it. A stroll around Gérardmer, and a find at the chalet: an old arcade cocktail table.

La Taverne Alsacienne and the stars

In the evening, dinner at La Taverne Alsacienne, then a very clear night: the starry Vosges sky, far from light pollution.