Hotel Pax Strasbourg

... and bought our train tickets home. Mine was round trip but I had to get a ticket for Lincoln. Without the fine attached, it was only 5 Euros. I really wish I had known ahead of time!

I had a really nice day visiting with my brother. I haven't seen him since I left Canada back in October, so it was almost a full year. Wow, time flies! He headed back to Paris and will continue on to Barcelona in a few days so I am a bit jealous - I absolutely love Barcelona!

... er’ is said with an accent making it sound like ‘air’. This question had bothered me since the last time we were in Alsace.

Au revoir, France. A bien tot.

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Deciding where to go on a whim for a day that isn’t already scheduled into the itinerary used to be our most fun task. But we quickly discovered that with time restraints, money considerations, and more than just two of us to consider, it ...

... tarte flambée contains only bacon and onions. We decided to take it to the next level where they also add cheese as a topping. It was delicious! We completed our meal with French beer, Kronenbourg, which is everywhere here (though I have drank it in Canada as well). After lunch we started our second audio tour but were tired of walking long before it was completed. We had visited many important buildings outside of the ...

... Michi was the tourguide and took us there. I had yet another kind of beer I hadn't tried before, and Sam and I decided icecream for dinner was a good idea lol.

Ida, being the party animal she was, was keen to go out again. Her and I were the only ones who were keen, and we managed to rope Carson in too. Some of the others had a dooner kebap and went home, but we went to a sheesha bar. It was relaxed and cool, I was a huge fan. Got home at about 3am, but sober so we slept well.

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.

Nick being incredibly late and us being deceived by countless cars claiming to be him
the inaugural McBrunch
emergence of Bosh's Canadian flag as a force to be reckoned with
longest drive ever to the worst city ever with Nick and Nick's brother
-all roads lead to Reims
-wedding ...

In Strasbourg, my entire knowledge of German cuisine was turned upside-down. I learned on a boat tour that sauerkraut has its origins not in Germany, but in China. China!?! A Chris Rock quotation came to mind at that moment. "You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, and the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese." And now sauerkraut too comes ...

... of Strasbourg's famous Marche de Noel was taking place still. A Marche de Noel (or Christmas Market) is basically an artisan market held in a lot of French cities during the Christmas holidays. The crafts sold at these markets normally comes from all over the world, but from other parts of France and Europe as well primarily. Even though you can find a Marche de Noel all over France, the most famous and of where the tradition ...

... I'd start again in Stasbourg. Not! I tried, but got lost leaving town and at 1300, still hadn't even made it out of town and still had 15k to go. The Camino just is't marked here!! Decided to try again the next morning, but emailed my friend in Paris and she suggested I come to Paris for a visit... so I did...

... racing into or around Strasbourg and it was more by luck than design (and some excellent navigating I had better add) that we found ourselves in the middle of town in an underground car park...in the Place Gutenburg. [Although I have some reservations about the road signage in Germany and France I cannot complain about the city directions. Every town or city we entered had directions to Centrum or Zentrum or Centereville which would lead the tourist to ...