Travel Blogs from Strasbourg, France
Goodbyes
... the mountains. Maybe I cleared my lungs of all the Cotonou pollution. Now, I am with Sandrine and family in Strasbourg, where I spent my year abroad. As usual, Sandrine is a great hostess. Assuming British Airways doesn't have anymore ...
The Black Forest
... Baden. Home of the most millionaires in Germany. Small spa town. Another tick in the Lonely Planet. All that loomed, was the Strasbourg airport. Another exciting long weekend was over, and we were now saving our pennies, and I do mean pennies, because ...
Just popping over to France
13 Jun 2006 : My turn to drive, and for a bit of a laugh we decided to cross the border into France to visit Strasbourg on the way to Frieberg. Driving took a bit of getting used to - I kept looking for the gear stick on the wrong side and driving on the ...
Stop 2 on my journey to Vienna
Strasbourg was a pretty neat city. There were, sadly, no lockers to put my backpack in so I cut my wandering short. I would love to head back to this town and see it in the daylight and actually experience life. It was really neat to see regardless of the ...
Finalement arrivés à Strasbourg
... est! On a notre chambre (super belle et moderne) et on est à 10 minutes à pied du quartier «Petite France» de Strasbourg, super beau quartier typique alsacien. On commence à voir les origines allemandes et alpiennes dans les bâtiments. On a fait un ...
Alsace Region
... so we just drove into the town centre and had a look around before leaving the area and camping at a little town a bit further away. Strasbourg was a nice place as well, and I would have liked to have had a better look around but, we have ANZAC day ...
"But I am Le' tired!"
... singer from Strasbourg that looked like Josh Groban and helped us figure out the train from Mulhouse to Strasbourg. The platform listed on the signs in the Mulhouse train station was completely under construction, so it was ...
What a girl will do for chocolate
... happened. Unfortunately the museum failed to impress us, but luckily our tickets included a free chocolate bar. We returned to Strasbourg, and found a much easier and shorter way back. We then biked to the Orangerie park, which was really ...
German quality
... that funds innovation in Germany. Pretty interesting, but it was too hot there. The rest of the day was better. The city of Strasbourg was huge, and had lots of culture to see. There were marching bands down the main street, and a huge castle. There were ...
Strasbourg, France
... 't the nicest hostel but it worked, there was no kitchen for us to use but we managed. We were on the out skirts of Strasbourg, a short walk from the Rhine River. It was neat because if you looked across the Rhine you were looking at Germany. The city was ...
Strasbourg - missing world cup
Susan's life-long friend Eleanor just arrived to join us for a few days. Eleanor is from Australia and came to Europe for work starting Sunday so she came early. Robby stayed at the hotel in the afternoon to watch USA and Germany play. I did ...
Strasbourg and Nazi currency
... describe the two best things to see in Strasbourg as the Cathedral and a small neighborhood called ‘Petite France’. I bought a book about Strasbourg with a map and we went on a walking tour with this neighborhood as our destination. Along the ...
Strasbourg
We headed to Strasbourg because Jeff wanted to visit Alsace. Something to do with white wines. The white wines of the Alsace wines are big and bold and pair with the local meat based cuisine. Sites: We just roamed the streets, especially near Petite ...
Strasbourg
... . Son gunun son saati Selen'le bulustum. Selen bizim Bogazici Bilgisayar'in eski marcomu. Yeni bir hayata baslamak uzere Strasbourg'a geldi. Ulas diye dunya tatlisi bir arkadasla birlikteler. Ulas'in on parmaginda on marifet, taslardan duvar oruyor ama ...
Strasbourg
... trip to Strasbourg with my friend Hayley. We got there on Saturday morning and left Sunday night. Strasbourg is one of the largest cities in France but since we went on a holiday (they celebrate All Saints Day here) the place wasn't terribly ...
The bordertown- Strasbourg
I spent a few hours exploring the downtown core of Strasbourg while waiting for my connecting overnight train to Vienna. A cute little town built along a collection of canals with a church at every corner, narrow streets and adorable ...
Strasbourg Part 1
Bonjour! After leaving Luxembourg bright and early on Sunday morning, we made it to Strasbourg. Fortunately, no Texaco stops were involved. Strasbourg is the home of European Parliament. They're not in session until next week, so ...
EU Parlament Visit
We visited the European Union Parliament in Strasbourg, France. It was quite interesting and educational. It was also extremely rainy so our exploration of Strasbourg was cut short. But Hannah and I did enjoy riding the carousel. ...
A cute little town with a huge lake
I traveled back to Paris for a road trip with my family to east of France, towards the Vosges Mountain ranges, to a cute small ski resort town surrounding a beautiful lake, the town of Gerardmer, where my dear Grandmother lives. If genetics inheritance ...
Alsace-Lorraine
I forget where I left off from the last e-mail, but I don't think I wrote about my weekend in Strasbourg yet. Dawn, Shani, Molly and I left Friday afternoon for Strasbourg, which is a small city near the German border in Alsace-Lorraine. Both train ...
Strasbourg: C'était Magnifique!
... de l'Republique to see the Palais (Palace) du Rhine, the Opera and the library of the University of Strasbourg. Then I took a walk through Petite France, which has a lot of the old German timber-framed houses (The city has been controlled by France and ...
Strasbourg
Finally, the weather breaks and we've got sunshine and 70F weather. Strasbourg is yet another old, thriving city. Besides the old buildings and enormous cathedral (also called Notre Dame) in the downtown, it's home of the EU's court, ...
We can see Germany over the river
... beat Portugal. Wildlife seen = 2 otters or beaver looking furry things by a stream Best camp meal = couscous in chicken noodle soup with spaghetti and tomato sauce Most amazing architectural experience = Strasbourg Cathedral , unreal 142 metres ...
Day 12 - Paris to Strasbourg to Switzerland
... us. He knows a little more english than we know french. The young man tells us he is from a small town in France, is in Strasbourg for 3 days looking for a job. Strasborg is a beautiful city. Anne and I struggle with our very meager French. I ...
Tea for Two or La Tea pour Deux
A second nite of sleeping like a baby, this time I hear Theirry up and listening to music and I go in and out of sleepiness, it must be around 6am. Next thing I know I get out of bed and check my mobile it is 10am, oh wow where did that go. I head into ...

