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Travel Blogs from Baden-Baden
Learning and Seeing European Politics
Right after my friend Evann left, I traveled with my class to Strasbourg France to see the European Parliament. In my political science class, we have been studying the parliament and its role in world politics. It is a multinational parliamentary assembly consisting of 736 members and 27 of the EU's countries and is the only political group that is directly elected by the people. After a three hour drive we arrived at the European Parliament which is a really futuristic ...
It's all about equipment...
...no, not really, but I have to admit that I'm a fan of activities that allow me to cover in a lot of equipment. Ranging from Need-To-Have to Who-The-Hell-Is-Inspector-Gadget stuff for a backpacking holiday. To share this with people looking for information on equipment, I will do some Features on my new stuff in the next weeks including my new Vaude tent. So keep tuning in from time to time to see how preparation (which is a fair amount of the fun for me) is ...
Ma Francais est Tres Mal
... I can't remember a thing other than hello, good bye, and the song "voulez vous coucher avec moi ce soir". After France, the rest of the weekend was spent eating at an Italian Restaurant (the owner was was excited that an American had come to his restaurant that I was served first and he brought me the food himself) and looking at an art exhibition on Sunday. After spending four and a half hours in traffic (I thought I was going to die) my Aunt and I returned home and fell ...
Another city...
... new shoes buy one get one 50% off. score! they are like baby clouds on my feet and super cute. stephanie and i had a wonderful lunch of gnocchi and pizza and a bit of wine. on the walk home from shopping we stopped at a local pub with the most beautiful wood tables. met up with marlin and had a wonderful dinner and we even had room for desert. now we are all super tired and trying to plan out our tomorrow.
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Another Country
So, heading further south and we get to the city on the banks of the Rhine that has no idea what nationality it is having been French, German, Austrian, German and now French!
Lovely city, however, and our guide was soooo French!!!
The day began with a canal trip around the city (as the centre of the city is an island bordered by the canal). This is very picturesque and is another world heritage site. Then a visit to ...
Amenities
- Restaurant
- Swimming pool
- Room service
- Fitness/Health center
- Business Services
- Free parking