Strasbourg, France

Two weeks ago, Taylor and I finally left Germany and jumped over the border to France! Strasbourg is about 2 hours south of Baumholder and we heard it was a must-see town in France so we loaded the Subaru and went.

Of course, we took a little detour through Bitche, France. What?! It has lots of history! 

After we checked into our hotel, Comfort Hotel Strasbourg, we walked for about 15 minutes along a river to the main part of town. 

Even though Strasbourg is extremely close to the German border it still very much had a French feel to it. Maybe it was because everyone was speaking french, who knows. We spent the day walking, window shopping, watching street performers, and enjoying the cool weather.

No (European) trip would be complete without a cathedral. This has to rank up there with Cologne's cathedral for best we have seen! We ate lunch in the square while people watching and admiring our view.

When we do our trips we don't usually plan them out too much. We like to know what attractions we shouldn't miss but other than that we mostly just wander and see what trouble we can get into. During my "research" I found a place called The Berthom that a ton of people seemed to enjoy. I ended up forgetting the name of it when we arrived in the town but with all of our wandering we found it! The bar had a ton of beer (mostly Belgian) and a fun atmosphere so we let our feet rest and our appetite do all the work!

The sun started to set but the streets remained busy. There was still a ton going on including a man who played 20 people at once in chess. There were chess boards set out and anybody could sit down and start a game. He made his way around the circle playing each person and took no more than two seconds to decide his move. Now, I know nothing about chess... but this guy was good.

We ended the night by heading back to the bright lit-up cathedral.

ACTUALLY, the night ended with Taylor joining medieval performers, linking arms, and dancing in a circle to drums and singing!