Quality Hotel & Suite 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 ...

He Said:<br><br>Well, since I was the one who wasn't too sure about spending the night in Strasbourg, I&#8217;m pretty much the ******* here. I had a few reasons: 1) The ride from Reims to Munich was set to be a long one, so I thought it might be a good idea to get even closer than Strasbourg, 2) I was really curious to check out a new city in Germany such as Ulm, and 3) I was under the impression that Strasbourg was predominately an industrial-type ...

... 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 ...

... champagne. Apparently there are moves to expand the champagne-growing region by re-instating areas that were once in the AOC region but subsequently reverted to agriculture when grape prices were low. <br><br>We decided to buy a bottle of the Achille Princier to consume somewhere on the trip while we could still carry it in the car. We then headed off to buy some more lunch supplies and returned to Parva Domus to say our goodbyes and head off to ...

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.

Day trip from Villingen. Wolfach has a factory cum tourist attraction where they blow the glass manually. It was good to watch them making vases etc. in the traditional way. The highlight for me was dobbing Roz in to get up on the stage and blow her own vase. She did a good job, and we bought the vase and brought it home. A very special souvenir.

Strasbourg greeted us like a breath of fresh air. We arrived in the train station a bit before 11am and called our couchsurfing host to arrange meeting up. She graciously offered to pick us up at the train station during her lunch break. In the meantime we had a short while to stroll around and get acquainted with the city. The sidewalks were empty, the restaurants were cheap, and even the post office worker was friendly. We knew we were in for a treat. Strasbourg is right on ...

... to pay anywhere! But we are not that far from the centre of town and we can see the Eiffel tower (just) from the camp site, so it is all very exciting. Was hoping that there would be internet access from the camp site so I could ring a few of you, but there's not (you would think for the price they would include it!) Happy birthday Wato! Congrats to Paul, Rachel and Eden on the birth of their baby boy Asher Miles so far: 1028

... its bi-national airport set on the Swiss-French border is an ideal gateway as well. Additionally, the airport also offers public transportation to Strasbourg ,so getting into town is easy and a short walk from that train station will put you in "La Petite France," the historic part of Strasbourg with its cobbled roads, pretty houses, and romantic canals.... A mere 3 hours before reaching this marvelous haven, you were still in congested London , Paris , or Madrid!

... I had one ready available in Strasbourg, but I may have to use an internet café or something in Paris. Paris should have more English-speaking people though, so it may be easier to communicate. I seemed to do fine in Strasbourg with my very retarded French (mostly "hello", "I don't speak French", and "do you speak English", all in a bad southern American accent). That kid is being a brat again, so I am going to wrap this up so I can beat him with my computer. Au revior.