Blogs from Strasbourg, Alsace, France, Europe - page 13

For those of who you doubted I really had a ticket!!!! Andrew!!!!!! Well, tomorrow, I get to go to a Town Hall meeting here in Strasbourg, France hosted by the President of the United States of America. Incredible. Talk about lucky!! Well, I have to be at Cine Cite to catch a bus which will take us all to the Rhenus Sports Hall. I have never been there. I guess we then sit around for 2.5 hours until the action starts. I feel like a cross between Forrest Gump and Benjamin Button. It would really be cool if I got to ask a question....well, we shall see what happens.. Well, now the day has come and gone. The meeting place was at Cine Cite. That is a really big movie complex about a 35 minute walk ... read more

As I mentioned another entry, Strasbourg views itself as the Capital of Christmas. As such, they really do the holidays up right! The city is lit up beautifully. Many of the designs and the types of lights are brand new to me. The Christmas markets are really nice as well. All high quality items. As I said before, nothing toxic from China to be found anywhere. I brought home some marshmellow chocolates. They were a little crushed when I got home. But they sure disappeared quickly. Here are some photos of the Holidays in Strasbourg. Enjoy.... read more

Today was our last day in Strasbourg before heading back to Paris. We took a walk in the morning to go back to the governmental buildings that we had seen before at night, which were just as beautiful in the daytime. It was a bit sad walking past the christmas market that was being packed up and moved off until the next year. We had another look at Petit France, which we had also only seen at night time, and had another wander around there. We headed back into town to have a last look at the cathedral and to see the Astronomical clock (which was a little disappointing, as you couldnt exactly see a lot cos of all the people they packed in and there didnt seem to be all that much happening). We then ... read more

A merry christmas to all of you, hopes it has been as enjoyable as ours. We started off the morning by giving out our presents that we were too tired to do the night before (although Tesni was a bit shortchanged as we havnt got her anything yet as we didnt know what she needed, we are going shopping when we get back to Paris). Tesni had been very sneaky, she had made notes of what we liked when she took us shopping in St Michel and snuck back and got them. We opened Grans cards too; thank you Gran they were lovely to have something from you on the day, and thank you very much for the presents in them. Then we headed downstairs for breakfast, which is included with our room rates and is ... read more

Bonjour everyone! I am writing you from one of my new favorite cities in the world, Strasbourg, France. (Really expensive, but hey, it's France) This place is called the Christmas Capitol of the world and it surely lives up to its name! I've never seen so many beautiful Christmas lights and festive markets and shops with cakes and candies set up so elegantly. The boutiques here remind me of the scene in a Christmas story where he's looking in the window of the big department store with the magical Christmas display. Every shop is like that and there's always a crowd looking in the window and dreaming of eating all the cakes and sweets. The Christmas market here is the largest in Europe and it is ten times better than the market in Nantes. The architecture, ... read more