We have today been to Strasbourg, France. We travelled in by SNCF (bombardier built) diesel train from the station (Obernai) near our camping ground, much better than fighting the french traffic and trying to park our campervan. Our guidebook to France did not really rate Strasbourg, but we found the half timbered houses in the old town, the river Ill and especially the cathedral Notre Dame de Stasbourg to be well worth the visit.
The timber buildings are Tudor like in their look, most have wooden shutters, with a colourful display of flowers in the window sill.
The cathedral is quite large and has beautiful stained glass windows all along the aisle, a circle one above the entrance, lots of them in fact. This was not the only church, there were a number of protestant churches as well from the days when Strasbourg was a reformation stronghold.
We took the cruise on the local river Ill and a little bit of the Rhine, quite a popular tourist spot even for a Saturday afternoon early in the season. Some of the afternoons boat trips were booked out and each boat held about 150 persons as can be seen in the photo.
Today we travel on into Loraine
Hi Dorothy and Gary, got your postcard today, thank you. What a lovely library, I will take it to work and show everyone. Camper sounds like fun to park, turn round and low bridges, be careful!
ReplyDeleteAll is well here, getting cold and having the electric blanket on to warm the bed then turn it off. Jumpers most days. But I am a frog! karen
Travel Note: Always visit places the guide book does not rate. The towns are just as lovely and there are a lot less tourists. FX
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