Off the path

We do a lot of car travel usually on autoroutes but on the way to Geneva from Argelès-sur-mer there was so much traffic we took a side road and found a medieval town full of little passageways.

Then the next day from Geneva to Colmar, France we found a New England type farm selling pumpkins and gourds.

And we stumbled across a Roman village.

And rather than eat the normal autoroute food in a Swiss village we found the Cafe Knaus, which served us a a great Spätzle.

Makes the clichés of off the beaten path and roads less travel ring true.