Elainie

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We spent one night in Strasbourg, and there happened to be a very colourful and loud parade of some sort going on through the streets. We watched them as they danced their way through the streets. Soon we lost interest and found ourselves browsing through the many cuckoo clock shops...we couldn't resist and some old French lady that couldn't speak a word of English somehow convinced us that we we absolutely NEEDED a Cuckoo clock, all wrapped and packed we proudly carried our new purchase around:) After that intense French/English Cuckoo purchase we were quite hungry and started a long search for a restaurant that offered a menu that we could understand... We finaly found one that offered "some" English descriptions... I decided to have a Cheeseburger, wow, adventurous you might think,,but it was the safest ... read more

I LOVE Venice........ I could really just end this blog entry right there, but it will be a little unfair towards Venice, so I will try my best to paint a pretty word picture of this old romantic place with all it's mystique.. No..you can't drive your car to your hotel in Venice, not even to just quickly drop off your oversized suitcase and boot full of parcels, but you can however drive to Venice and leave your vehicle in a secure parking lot and then drag your bag over many bridges, steps and down many alleyways or alternatively pay a fee and let a bag carrier or bag taxi man cart your belongings to your hotel. Once you have checked in, unpacked your bags and recovered from that very Venicey experience you can enjoy the ... read more

And we are back in Canada, for a day - to view the Niagara Falls. The view is so much better from the Canadian side as one can see all three falls, collectively known as Niagara Falls. It is made up of the American Falls, Bridal Veil Falls and Canada Falls. Bridal Veil Falls is a very narrow falls between the two bigger ones. We walked right up to the brink of the Canadian Falls, the water just endlessly pours over the edge and somehow I expected it to stop at some point or dry up. These majestic falls create a huge spray cloud that can really soak a person! American Falls is about 53m high but due to loose rocks at the bottom the actual height is only 21meters, to get a better view of ... read more

This place must be awesome in winter, but for now it is absolutely gorgeous! Some of the trees are changing colour, leaving the landscape dotted in pretty yellows,reds,greens and golds. There are still so many little flowers around and the place just seems to burst with colour. We could see the ski slopes behind our hotel, it really looks like a lot of fun. This is definitaley a place for "outdoorsy" people. In the evening we took the free bus to the little town centre, it happened to be the openining night of the October Beer Festival! Some people were dressed in traditional clothing and carried along their own beer mugs (Stein), some if them were so big- I think those little ladies drinking out of them should have worn life jackets! It really is such ... read more