http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Alsace/Strasbourg/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , France , Alsace , Strasbourg en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 15:48:30 +0000 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:48:30 +0000 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 couldn39t resist and some old French lady that couldn39t speak a word of English somehow convinced us tha http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Alsace/Strasbourg/blog-762434.html Bonjour from Strasbourg This is our second visit to Strasbourg. We were here in 2010 for the Christmas Festival Strasbourgs Christmas Festival is one of the oldest in Europe and the first one to open. When we were here last it was snowing and raining ice and so cold that in the cathedral Notre Dame Our Lady we could see ourselves breathe. We found Strasbourg to be charming on 2010 a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Alsace/Strasbourg/blog-745051.html The morning of our departure from Paris was fairly frantic. We had arranged to meet our apartment hosts39 representative at 9 am to exchange keys...our train for Strasbourg left at 1130 from Gare de l39est...we knew that we could take the Metro there but not really sure about how long it would take...and cleaningpacking just seems to never end. She showed up at 915 and wanted to be able t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Alsace/Strasbourg/blog-736429.html JULY 29Before leaving our special hotel we had an amazing German breakfast that kept us well fed for our drive to Strasbourg. It took a few attempts to arrive at our hotel with all of the oneway and pedestrianonly streets but we dropped our bags and were off for a day of exploring. We visited the phenomenal Notre Dame Cathedral all of Petite France including L39Academie de Bier enjoyed http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Alsace/Strasbourg/blog-733823.html Today we woke up to lovely weather and took the bus and train to Strasbourg proper to see the whole area. We had an awesome day of sightseeing with such a beautiful city. We walked and enjoyed the many bakeries for breakfast and lunch. We then had a nice supper in Petite France in a lovely restaraunt. The highlight of the day was the boat tour of the entire historical area with all the canals thro http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Alsace/Strasbourg/blog-730104.html Day 6 We rode from Gambsheim to Strasbourg today. The weather was lovely when we woke up and we packed up pretty quick and were on the road by 900am. We travelled through many small villages this day and saw lots of France. The trail was again a little poorly marked in the small towns but we managed to manuever through with the help of the map that Xavier was so kind to pass onto us. We arrived http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Alsace/Strasbourg/blog-730098.html So this will be my final entry for my study abroad summer blog. Just wanted to say thanks again to everyone who made this mossible I will never forget this trip of a lifetime. In 5 short weeks I39ve ventured to 7 different countries learned how to say thank you in three different languages and ridden on every type of public transportation imaginable. But now it39s time to go home and http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Alsace/Strasbourg/blog-726703.html Friday 22 June Strasbourg FranceApparently Freiburg is the warmest city in Germany and even after a thunder storm swept through during dinner last night the temperature didnt drop below 25 until later in the evening. I forgot to mention that we walked past an Audi dealer and saw a brand new TT Sport on sale for 38990 A50000. There was much weeping and gnashing of teeth.You know http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Alsace/Strasbourg/blog-726326.html Hello everyoneHad our last class of the week today. I could really get used to this whole three days of class a week thing. I managed to minimize my sleeping time to about 2 minutes today. French coffee is no Starbucks. More like a Dixie cup full of foam.But other than that I am so excited becauseeee tomorrow is our first free weekend I39m headed off to Bad Honnef Germany to see my long ti http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Alsace/Strasbourg/blog-720519.html We started class today It was quite the change from having been on the go nonstop for the past 72 hours. So basically a normal day consists of International Finance from 101230 and European Integration from 130 to 400. Our first class is taught by Dr. Gaspar the AM Professor who is here with us on the trip and our second class is taught by Dr. Ludwig Kreitz from the Universite de Strasbou http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Alsace/Strasbourg/blog-720036.html Just got home from a great first night out with the group. Club Seven was so much fun and they played American music pretty much the whole time so we felt right at home. Happy 21st AshleyOn our walk back to the hotel a homeless man after hearing us speak English shouted Fck you mother fckers You aholes at us... We39re pretty sure that was the only English he spoke but regardless t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Alsace/Strasbourg/blog-719601.html After an 11hour night39s sleep I am fully revived and living on European time. Jet lag ain39t got nothin39 on meSo today we all had our first experience reserving train tickets. What we thought would be a 20 minute venture to the train station ended up being an allout 2 hours of chaos. Not knowing how train reservations worked and not knowing how to speak the language and trying to coor http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Alsace/Strasbourg/blog-719544.html Hello everyoneI have made it safe and sound. Flight was not bad at all. Combination of Advil PM one German beer and a newly purchased neck pillow knocked me out for a solid 6 hours. We landed in Frankfurt around 1PM and then took a 3 hour charter bus to Strasbourg on which I managed to get another hour of sleep in.Upon arriving at our hotel we got settled and then took a tour of the city. Str http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Alsace/Strasbourg/blog-719354.html On Saturday I was delighted to have the opportunity to take part in The March for Jesus in Strasbourg the perfect place to pray for the nations of Europe And there was certainly a very European theme at the end of the march we were even given the honour of having a meeting in the European Council this Europe theme really spoke to me of the plans God has for me concerning Europe not just Fr http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Alsace/Strasbourg/blog-718592.html My day of freedom finally came on Friday when as scheduled I went over to Colmar to see Daniele the English teacher from school. Her holidays had been worse spent than mine and she was clearly full of bitterness hurt and sadness making conversation with her sometimes difficult and I found myself constantly praying for protection around myself against the negativity emanating from her. I began http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Alsace/Strasbourg/blog-716382.html PART TWO OF THE JOURNEY BEGINS This blog will be slightly different than past blogs. I will be dividing it into four parts. There will be my normal descriptive narrative of our daily events and corresponding pictures however I am also adding additional sections Daily eats reviews and daily tips. Hopefully this will be more helpful to those that may read this that do not know me. April 25 26 http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Alsace/Strasbourg/blog-712921.html StrasbourgSo with it being Christmas and all I decided to go to Strasbourg which is the most well known town in France for its Christmas markets. Having enjoyed the Christmas markets in Germany so much in the past I decided to give France39s a go. I used covoiturage to get there and set off to meet a friend of mine living there. We spent the morning walking around the Christmas markets. I at http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Alsace/Strasbourg/blog-677777.html Alexis It was a super travel. I love Las vegas. Maybe last year i will return in Las Vegas but with more money to play in the casinos. What i prefer was DownTown. Lucas It was my first travel in the USA. It was very great. I loose too much money but i will return for win what i lost. And maybe for win more. The Grand Canyon was just beautifull it was a very good experience. Raphael I http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Alsace/Strasbourg/blog-677067.html HelloThird days we can visited Las Vegas with our car that we won at the casino. We went to the shop Forum Ceasar Palace39s shopping mall. In this city quite interesting too as Sin City disposes great shopping malls and luxurious shopping arcades with deluxe boutiques. Fashion Show Mall with its unique architectural design is one of the world biggest malls and unarguably the best shopping ma http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Alsace/Strasbourg/blog-673998.html ltspangtltspangtltspangtltspangtHello people The second day we were in Las VegasThe morning we had visited the Grand Canyon by a trip to the helicopter then we come back to the hotel to lunch and to rest one hour. Then we have done a rafting on the Colorado River it was very funny We will use every time remember that experience. This evening we were at a party to dancing http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Alsace/Strasbourg/blog-673992.html