Novotel Centre Halle Strasbourg

I started the week in Geneva because of work. During my weekly Skype call with my parents, they mentioned my brother would be leaving for Paris the next morning. Nice of him to tell me! I called him but couldn't get a hold of him, so tried again in the morning. By the time I was awake on Monday, he was in bed for the night, but luckily he woke up and answered the phone. He told me he had a free day on Wednesday with no plans so this would be a good day for us to ...

... or shower curtains? No matter how careful you are, the floor gets soaked every time. Do they all take baths?<br><br>Pam and Glenn Said:<br><br>You could definitely tell the German influence here at this border town. What an interesting city on the L&#8217;Ill River. We had a great time walking around the old city where Glenn enjoyed a traditional stew of three different kinds of meat. (If he knew what was in it, he probably wouldn&#8217;t have eaten it.)

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.

... 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 ...

... hotel bar to catch up on TravelPod and backing up photos. <br><br>We went for dinner to a Chinese restaurant (New China) we had seen near the station, figuring that Chinese would be a nice change for us all. We went for a fixed-price menu at 59 euros for 3 people - a bit pricey but we hoped it would be worth it. The entree of assorted fried items and salad was a bit ...

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.

... lunch at the bakery all in German, yes!! Tomorrow we are heading to Heidelberg, Germany for the day so even more pictures to come. My camera has been dead so I am waiting on other people before I can post Strasbourg pictures. Not much else to report on... I have actually been pretty homesick this week to be honest. Hopefully that goes away, haha!

19/4-21/4 Colmar has turned out to be one of my favorites' so far. It is a really nice little town, with lots of old buildings from the around the 16th century, you know the ones, with the wood beams built on the out side, and they all seem to be leaning in all odd angles that shouldn't be safe. This region has been owned by France and Germany so many times that it is hard to tell where you are. They seem to be selling ...

... to silence, your skin to the caress of the breeze, your sense of smell will get its daily fix of that addicting intricate perfume of a freshly-poured glass of wine, and of course your taste buds will be in heaven from start to finish! And as far as your eyes - well - your eyes will be filled with such beauty, it is hard to describe in all the ways and all the villages and all the sights and sites! Strasbourg is definitely the top choice! With its intense ...

We took the train to Strasbourg, a French city on the German border. Cheri and I both forgot our passports, and there was some panic that we would be detained by border authorities. Our conversation about this attracted the attention of some neighboring German passengers, who told us not to worry, that they never checked passports at the French-German border. (I've since learned that this isn't ...