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Learning and Seeing European Politics
... from the inside and outside (there is even a red carpet like they have at the oscars that the members walk on for fancy occasions). We saw all the auditoriums and the huge conference room where all the members assemble, which was interesting but the tour guide was speaking German with a French accent making it impossible to understand most of what she was saying. Thankfully though, after seeing the parliament we were allowed go and explore Strassbourg France. Each time ...
Ma Francais est Tres Mal
Over the weekend I traveled with my Aunt to visit her boyfriend, Carlos, in Pfalz, Germany. It is a beautiful, ancient looking part of Germany with historical architecture, rolling fields and is right on the French boarder. As you drive through the towns in Fals all the locals are selling apples, pumpkins and new wine and speak with an original German dialect (a mixture of German slang and French). We started out the day with a small hike up a mountain that had an old ruin on ...
Oh what a night!!
... and domes dwarfed us and quite frankly was very humbling. We took lots of pictures and were there for over an hour. I am still In awe! We continued to walk and Amanda made her first purchase... A scarf!! I am on the lookout for a hat. Problem, having a hard time finding one the fits my head. Weird! We stopped for lunch in this little pizzeria and just plowed through gnocchi with shrimp and mushrooms and a pizza with artichokes, ham and an egg. Yum!! The day ...
Another city...
... prunes! sadly stephanie has broken out in some sort of rash, so the first thing on out to do list is to try and find a pharmacy and get something to ease her itchies. the pharmacy was right across from the hotel. they really don't have benadryl, but the phamacy person recommended something else. i hope it works.
we hit up the cathedral notre dame, petite fance district, and shopping. stephanie and ...
Another Country
... oldest civic buildings remaining in the area (dated 1598).
The afternoon was spent very happily being bussed into Alsace for a wine tasting visit to one of the local cellars. The scenery was lovely, and those colours still amaze. The wine tasting was interesting as the region considers it is a cool climate area so comparisons were in order! We enjoyed every wine we tasted - thank goodness it was too far to post back!
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