Day 24 - Luxembourg to Strasbourg

Strasbourg

Jan 6th - It's another day & off to another country. We really do love how close things are here in Europe. We got up & had a quick breakfast - the hotel we stayed at included breakfast in the Italian restaurant downstairs, which was about on par with the accommodations - pretty low on the impressive scale when compared to what we have experienced the rest of the trip. But I do have to give a nod on the coffee - great coffee, however no refills offered :( and Rob let me have the last croissant left in the joint - he is a keeper! :)

Petite France

Today, we hopped back on the train to head to Strasbourg, France - I have no idea what to expect, but have heard that Strasbourg is very picturesque. When we arrived, we found that our hotel is again very close to the train station. The short walk from train station to hotel is definietly appreciated with the extra weight of the goods from Cantillon on our backs. We're at a Best Western here, but is a very charming hotel & we had a very friendly welcome with an overview of the highlights we need to be sure to hit while we are here. First thing we had to do was make use of the free wireless and find a spot to stay tomorrow night (our last night) in Zurich, which is easier said than done. Once we thought we had a spot secured, we were off to hit the streets of Strasbourg.

We headed straight for an area of the city called Petite France to walk around. I have to say, this area in 2 words - quintessentially cute! The narrow cobblestoned streets & timber framed buildings look like something out of a children's fairytale book...yes, a little sugary sweet, and right up my alley :)

After we had walked around for a while, we were both beside ourselves with hunger so started searching for a place to have a late lunch. We stumbled on a place called Academie de la Biere...sounded good to us! We found a great beer selection & had a delicious traditional Alsacian Tarte Flambee. Alsace is the region of France that Strasbourg is in, and the Tarte Flambee is like a pizza with an extremely thin crust, and traditional topping of creme fraiche, onions & bacon. I went with the pure traditional version & Rob opted to have one with smoked salmon added, mmmm!

Notre Dame Cathederal

No longer starving, we went back out to the streets to walk around & explore some more around Petite France for a few hours, checking out the massive Notre Dame Cathederal along the way. Once we had worked up a hunger again, we decided to go back to Academie de la Biere for dinner before calling it a night.


I bet there was a great Christmas Market here :)



Petite France @ Night - high water levels here too



New Beers for the day: Babar, Kronenbourg 1664, Fisher Tradition, Flouron D'Alsace, Kasteel Rouge, Picon (Blech! Little did we know this turned out to be Kronenbourg + syrup, tasted like 7-Up...did I mention blech? That taste is still burned into my tastebuds!), Grimbergen Bier de Noel