First Day in Strasbourg March 25, 2010
Posted by Chris in : Strasbourg , trackbackWe met up with Austin in Strasbourg today after taking the TGV from Paris. Despite coming out the entrance we were directed to by the platform of the train, Austin ran around the station to the main entrance, a side entrance, and finally the entrance that we were at. When he finally saw us, he bee-lined straight for us gasping for air while greetings were shared all around.
After saying hello, Austin walked us to his flat, a nice 2 floor place in a nice part of town. Apparently he has 3 roommates and one of them has some friends staying over as well but luckily Austin has 2 beds in his room so no worries about sleeping space, we may even be able to use the more comfortable futons downstairs!
After giving us the grand tour of his flat, Austin showed us a delicious restaurant not far from there where we had lunch. On the way there, we saw the ‘Notre Dame of Strasbourg’, a large, thoroughly intimidating church in the middle of the city. The cathedral is a Gothic style cathedral made of red stone and containing a large steeple off to the left side of the door.
Apparently there are packages that offer great tours of the church as well as a boat ride around the river(s?) in Strasbourg in addition to the top of the bell tower being accessible for free on Sundays so hopefully we will be able to visit it and get a bunch of great pictures.
After lunch, we walked back a different route, seeing many different shops and street vendors selling a large variety of goods. Along the way, we also saw the mall in which Austin does his day to day grocery shopping; apparently there are things that are cheaper to buy in France and sometimes it’s cheaper to travel to Germany to go shopping!
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Strasbourg sounds like an intereting city. and easy to get around in. How long has Austin been there? Your are almost close enogh to Karlsruhe to wave to Candace and Tutilo! Warm and sunny here today!
Austin’s been here since January hopefully we’ll be able to visit Candace soon!