So…I love Strasbourg. It is that perfect balance between smaller city charm (everyone rides bikes, and you can walk almost everywhere if you are ambitious- but you don’t have to because there is a really cool public transportation system- think subways above ground) but it still has the business of a bigger city. It reminds me a lot of Florence in the sense that is it small enough to walk everywhere, but you still find little pieces of history around every corner. ANYWHO!
As far as touristy things that I did….I paid a visit to some stunning cathedrals. I find it fascinating to compare these churches to the ones in Florence, because coming here I realized, “yeah, they may have their differences, but at the root of it, they are pretty much all the same…big pretty and intricate.” After my renaissance art class it is really cool to see the different fresco styles, the different architecture, and the different style of altar pieces. There really is a huge difference. At the second church I visited today they had a huge astronomical clock. I haven’t had a chance to put up my pictures yet, but it was a sight to behold! It was really cool! Unfortunately I wasn’t around to hear the chime go off signaling an hour, but the church was really stunning.
Afterwards I walked to le petite France. It. Was. Beautiful. I’m throwing that phrase around so much that it’s starting to lose meaning, but genuinely I just keep going from one beautiful city to another.
Afterwards I grabbed dinner (I am STILL trying to talk to people in Italian. This woman from whom I was ordering is speaking to me in French, and without thinking I am talking to her in muddled Italian and English…I don’t think she appreciates the “grazie” I accidentally sent her at the very end) and ate it on a bench beside the river. The sun was shining just so, and the weeping willow was blowing gracefully around me. Yeah, I may not have seen some alps because of some rain, but this was one of the most picturesque moments I have had on the entire trip.
Tomorrow I am going to Paris. I am nervous and excited all at the same time! I am nervous because a couple people, and by a couple I mean 25 people, told me to watch Taken so now any time a guy walks within 3 feet of me I have flashes of Liam Nieson (sp?) beating people up, and think about how fast I could get to my pepper spray. But its PARIS! How could I not be excited about PARIS! …Right?
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