Of all the places I have seen so far, my favorite one is in France. It must be the canals and bridges decorated with purple petunias. Or the fact that the facades of the houses look so bright and clean.
We drove for a little over 2 hours one way to see Strasbourg. After arriving, we ate lunch at a vegetarian restaurant in "Little France", a quaint part of town with cobble stone alleys and lots of cafes by the canals. Then, we took a boat tour - the choice was covered or uncovered. We chanced it and went on the uncovered boat and luckily we didn't get any rain except for a few small drops.
Afterwards, we walked over to the cathedral - wow, that was one of the most beautiful ones I have ever seen. It's enormous, intricately decorated with statues, gargoyles and spires. Inside is a fabulous astronomical clock and beautiful stained glass windows. For about 9 Euros total, we climbed the 66 meter, 332-step tower - a fast-growing fitness trend on all our trips. Just to one side of the cathedral was a small food festival with music and tents showing food stuff of the region.
We treated ourselves to hot apple strudel with a scoop of cinnamon ice cream and vanilla sauce on the side before heading home. That balanced out all the healthy stuff we were doing.
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France? The Alsace (Elsaß) is originally a part of Germany! France took it away after every victorious war, and Germany took it back after the next war. Only the Federal Republic of Germany of today (lackey of the wicked U.S.A.) is un-German enough to not wanting it back. My own family comes from Straßburg,, and I tell you: we are NOT French people, we are Germans to the bone!
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