Hotel des Berges
Travel Blogs from Illhaeusern
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 ...
A day trip to colmar
stephanie and i decided to take a 45 minute train ride to colmar france from strasbourg. there was some great shopping, food, and wine. colmar is where the statue of librty was built. the town has a bit more of a german feel and is the home to flambe and fois gras. both were excellent! wedenesday we head back to colmar ...
Busy busy busy
... for my chocolate croissant! We packed up our belongings and headed to the train station. We were to leave on a 1051 train to Colmar. We still had to buy tickets. That is not as easy. We followed signs and finally made it to a ticket counter. The woman working said " you two are under 26 right?" I thought I heard "you two are over 26 right?" So I answered "yes". Good thing I did because she said the first one and we paid half the fair!! Oui!!! The ...
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 ...