I had found that there are two flour mills not far from Strasbourg so today we set off to explore one of them, the little shop selling flour firmly in my focus.
We set off south on the usual road heading south and circuiting around Strasbourg in the late Friday afternoon traffic. Heading west, we turned onto the A351 towards Saverne merging into the D1004 until we reached Marlenbach one of the most northern outposts of the Route Du Vin in Alsace.
Marlenbach itself seems to have avoided the impact of town planners. The street is somewhat grey and clogged with traffic crawling from one traffic light to the next.
Some of the more pictoresque buildings were apparent but the mixture of Friday traffic and grey buildings pushed us further west. Driving through the town we searched for the Moulin and found it in a hamlet just outside, Kronthal. Unable to turn into their entrance we drove another 3km for the first opportunity to do a U-turn, waving to the Gendarmes who were setting up their little booth with the aim to improve their somewhat depleted finances at the expense of the Friday frustrated French motorist.
Eventually we got there and were welcomed by an imposing facade clearly indicating we had reached our destination.
We drove in to their small courtyard and found the small shop selling their own flour, cereals and pet food. Prices were of course much higher than supermarket flour, a kilo of standard 45 flour costing €1.39 (vs. €0.53). The rye flour however was priced at €1.62 for a kilo, which is only about €0.25 more expense than the rye flour I buy in Germany.
Having made the purchases, time to soak up some of the impressions of the building outside.
Satisfied with a new source if in the area, we headed home via Saverne driving on the pleasant D421 to Haguenau and onwards.
