Stage 1: Les Houvres

At "La Fraise" car park, turn left, following the markingsfor 850 m until you get to an intersection, still following the markings.

i The Mennonites (Swiss Anabaptist farmers) settled in these challenging regions in the 18^th century. They lived austere and retired lives, and managed to get the best out of the infertile soils. Some of them left Alsace and settled all over North America.