Strasbourg

Hello everyone!! So on Friday I went to Strasbourg, France. It was one of the places I have been really wanting to see, for various reasons:

1. The Alsace region went back and forth between Germany and France so I wanted to see the German influences on this city. (The interesting history)
2. I wanted to practice my French.
3. It is close to Germany and we could do the trip in a day.

So this was our day: We caught the train from Schwäbisch Gmünd at 954 am and reached Strasbourg at 1334. We then jumped on the tram and got to the city center and walked around... I started recognizing some French... and reading it outloud. I was excited! Then we walked to the cathedral. It was soo breathtaking, look at the details on the picture I took! We walked around a bit inside, but it of course was filled with the senior citizens browsing at every detail. We then caught the tram to look at the European Parliament building... see the pics. We couldn't go inside but.. we could go inside the first bit. It is an open air circle and the offices are through doors...from the center. After that excitement was over we walked back along the streets and went into a few shops. Then we we walked around looking for a cafe, that was affordable. We finally found somewhere to have a drink. I ordered an ice coffee (in French) and spoke to the waiter a bit in French. I then asked for the bill. in French. We then walked around... and found a Subway restaurant.... haha... so American. We then wanted to buy some French wine-- and found a French supermarket-- we walked around there for a bit-- and looked at all the French products. A lot of the sweet things were the same as Germany. Then it was time to go back...we slowly made our way to the train station... and I bought a French GLAMOUR magazine. The train ride home was long, 4 hours. We then made it back to SG and went to the city fest they were having. We stayed til about 1 Am and then went home. We were all soooo tired. We had to wake up the next day at 7:00 AM and go to Rothenberg with the international students. Let me tell you--- that wasn't very fun-- having to wake up early. Everyone was either hung over or tired from the day before-- because most people drank waaaay too much beer at the city festival because the beer was so cheap. I was just very tired....