Strasbourg

Arriving
We drove to Strasbourg, just my family. We stop for breakfast on the way and ate in the car. Strasbourg was awesome. Unfortunately, a lot of stores were closed, it being Good Friday and everything , but since Strasbourg is pretty tourist-y, there where some souvenir shops on the street open, as well as some restaurants.

Strasbourg was so pretty

Checkin' it out
We walked around the shops for a little. Strasbourg is famous for its puppets, so there were a lot of those. There were also a lot of things with cranes or storks things on them. I think that's a symbol of the Alsace region, which Strasbourg is a part of. We found the tourist office in this square, along with a giant cathedral and some restaurants. After looking at a LOT of menus, we finally picked one. We ordered a Tarte Flambé for the table, a food Strasbourg is famous for. I got some chicken and pasta dish, that was also Strasbourg-ish, according to my dad. My dad got some Sauerkraut. Strasbourg is kinda a mix a German and French. I tried Sauerkraut for the first time, and guess what! It's not sour at all! And we had a great view of the cathedral (Cathedral Notre Dame de Strasbourg) during lunch, which was built in the 14th century. It also had a record height until the 19th century.

Cathedral Notre Dame de Strasbourg

Us at a café

Boat Ride
After lunch we took a scenic boat ride tour around Strasbourg. It was slow, but very relaxing. There were also headphones to listen to commentary, and you were able to chose the language. I chose English, and Anna listened to the children's commentary (in English). Anna's was narrated by a pirate (arg!) and mine by some dude with a Irish or Scottish accent. 


Some cool facts I learned from the tour:

• Sauerkraut is actually from China
• Monks invented munster cheese
• One time there was a building on fire, and there was only one window with a ladder attached for people to escape. A fat monk got stuck in the window frame, and 20 people couldn't get out and they died.

Pic from the boat ride

Another pic from the ride

We went under a lot of bridges

Crepes

After he boat ride, it was crepe time, something I had been looking forward for a while. They were delicious. I dare you to look at the picture and tell me you don't want one. And then we went home! It was a fun day :)

Me at the crepe place

Ellie's crepe- pears, chocolate, vinilla ice cream, whipped cream

Mine! -chocolate, whipped cream, mint choc chip ice cream

Mom's- butter and sugar (sounds simple, but it was sooo good)

Anna's- nutella and pears

A dounut shaped like a pretzel! How cool is that?