Nancy

Trip Start May 15, 2008
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Trip End May 26, 2008


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Friday, May 23, 2008

Today we visited Petite France of Strasbourg, which was very cute. As we were making our way from our hotel to this area, we saw a bunch of people kayaking in the river that encircles the town. That looked fun, but not something we were going to try. Petite France was cute as well, very picturesque.
 
We then left the Alsace region, headed towards Nancy. Nancy is known for their amazing Stanislas Place, which is a big square that is ornately decorated with gold-ish trim. It is really beautiful, and very different from the German influenced buildings that we were accustomed to seeing in Strasbourg and Colmar.
 
We had lunch at the Stanislas Place, walked around, then headed back to our hotel to check in, which wasn't ready when we first arrived. I have to say that driving to the hotel locations has been much more difficult vs Stanlislas Place
Stanlislas Place
 . when we arrive to a city to just visit for an hour. The signs all tell you how to get to a centrally located parking garage, but the signs towards the hotels are very small. Very hectic! But the combo of Lisa driving and me navigating has been very good so far. Good thing I printed all the maps of the towns and directions from the hotels' websites.
 
Again, after a 4 hour nap, we headed back to the Stanislas Place to enjoy the area in the evening. It is so beautiful here - seems to be a recurring theme. Finally found a bar that serves proper Stella Artois, so we spent the last few hours throwing back a few.
 
Tomorrow is Versailles and back to Paris :)
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hesh
hesh on May 24, 2008 at 01:40AM

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my favorite post so far!
so jealous...
dude we're having crazy earthquake/end of the world weather over here. it was 100 degrees last week and now its in the 60s. there were two twister tornados in riverside, hail and 4 inches of snow in baldwin park, and mudslides in the oc yesterday. maybe you'll be delayed in europe! :) haha

hesh
hesh on May 24, 2008 at 07:32AM

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ps. what the hek are macaroons and why is everyone always talking abuot them

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