Appart'Hotel Victoria Garden Strasbourg

... up. I had a computer in front of me while we were chatting so I looked up train schedules from to Strasbourg for him and for me, and we agreed to meet in the station around the time his train arrives.<br><br>On the train from Basel, I learned the hard way that dogs do not travel for free on TV trains. I was charged a large fine on top of the fare for a small dog. His one-way fare was more than half my round trip fare! Luckily I had found a good seat sale for ...

... France section of town, and we had a great Alsatian meal &#8211; me with a classic tarte flambee (Alsatian pizza-like dish) and the local brew, Kronenbourg.<br><br>We concluded our pleasant, one-night sojourn in Strasbourg by watching the Marseilles-Real Madrid game in the hotel, and we finally found out the correct pronunciation of the region&#8217;s famous wine &#8211; Gewürztraminer. The 'w&#8217; is pronounced as a &#8216;v&#8217;, and the ...

Hablar de Estrasburgo es hablar de la Gran Isla en la que se asienta su centro histórico, abrazada por el rio Ill, afluente del Rhin. Es uno de los cascos medievales mejor conservados de Europa y su catedral es una de las mas altas del mundo. La recorrimos en barco por sus canales y paseamos por el barrio de la Petite France, el mas pinturesco de Estrasburgo y el que tiene mas canales.

I had planned to visit Strasbourg on three separate dates in the past, all with the same friend. Each time we had to postpone it for one reason or another. Today our plan finally came together. We got in a car with our men and drove out to Strasbourg. My friend is even more organized than me and had everyone download audio guides from Zevisit in our own native language beforehand. Once we got to the city we started our audio tour in ...

... to find our way to the Hotel Grillon. Since there ws nowhere to park there, we went around the corner and parked in the Mercure carpark while we went back to talk to Hotel Grillon. We explained that our daughter Helen might be able to join us for our second night and they were happy to move us to a room with another bed and charge us extra for just the second night. They also had a deal with the carpark next to the station by which we could park ...

We caught the wrong train and wound up in Gengenbach. While we were waiting for a train back we met a lady who told us the town had a beautiful old-town section. So we went discovering again. After a good look around we stopped at a pub while we were waiting for the next train and got talking to the owner. Turns out he'd been to Australia on holiday, so we had a good time talking to him until it was time to go.

... in the spa runs about $20 and includes access to all different natural spring pools, steam room, and sauna. We started off in the pools - warm and warmer with different jet streams to massage your neck and back. After a bit, we prudish Americans through caution (and our bathing suits) to the wind and headed up to the sauna area. The saunas are nude only and are mixed sexes - eek! And yeah, it was sorta weird at first, but after a couple minutes you´re not even noticing ...

... until a deceptively large muddy puddle just outside Strasbourg, which meant that by the time I reached the hotel I was soaking and covered in slimey mud. My chain was crunching like gravel. I think the biblical storms are against me; a day of snow, a day of ice, floods today. Locust swarms tomorrow? Apart from my croissant there was one other good thing about today. Before ...

... in a bar\restaurant, where the word "american" became synonymous with "george bush" (like it ALWAYS is....). His friends were funny, I just don't like being referred to as "the American" (whom I am...). We later searched for food, but there was either not enough room in the restaurant (no room in the Inn for 6!), or places were starting to close ...

... get up a couple pics today, but my computer isnt working on the connections here and I am going to have to jump drive them over to one of these computers. Except for getting some good future blackmail info for Tom, Kathy and Amy, that's all from here. We also taught a french bartender how to say (and the meaning) of "my bad". That was harder than it sounds but was funny nonetheless. There is not french equivalent.