I love...
Strasbourg!
This statement is strong enough on its own. But not even with support from the pictures does it cover the events that made Strasbourg such a wonderful place for me this week-end, so here goes:
First of all, I was staying with my former cohabitant (or "colocataire") Jan. In his absence, I was let in by one of his very kind flat-girl-mates Anne-Lohr. Friday night then followed with home-made dinner, and an attempt to have "fondue à la chocolat noir" on La Cloche a Fromage for dessert. But as they stop serving at ten, we shot the city lights before having a drink in the fashionable bar 22:30 (of which none of our Strasbourgoise friends seems to know).
Saturday was spent writing Christmas shopping lists, visiting the Christmas markets, shopping through the list and preparing for the night: first, a nice, french (i.e. social) dinner with Jan's flat-girl-mates' friends (fondue a fromage), and later, the housewarming party of Stéphane, Arnaud and Franck--a great event with great friends!
After a few hours of sleep, Sunday was all over the place. Or we were: first at Laurent and Kristina's place, who hosted an amazing Christmas cookie workshop with some of the other party-people from last night. Afterwards, we had a coffee with Line Mai at the café l'epicerie before I left for the airport. (Leaving Strasbourg by tram one hour before flight departure, Line Mai was a bit nervous that I might miss my flight--all for no good as I checked in and was strip-searched with time to spare before driven off to the plane along with all the other passengers.) The last thing I did on Strasbourgoise soil was to fall asleep as the plane was about to take off.
I had a plan of revisiting Strasbourg and the vineyards next autumn . This was updated to include a visit for Tour de France, which starts in Strasbourg next summer. Now, I might find my way back to this wonderful city and my great friends before that. Time will show...
This statement is strong enough on its own. But not even with support from the pictures does it cover the events that made Strasbourg such a wonderful place for me this week-end, so here goes:
First of all, I was staying with my former cohabitant (or "colocataire") Jan. In his absence, I was let in by one of his very kind flat-girl-mates Anne-Lohr. Friday night then followed with home-made dinner, and an attempt to have "fondue à la chocolat noir" on La Cloche a Fromage for dessert. But as they stop serving at ten, we shot the city lights before having a drink in the fashionable bar 22:30 (of which none of our Strasbourgoise friends seems to know).
Saturday was spent writing Christmas shopping lists, visiting the Christmas markets, shopping through the list and preparing for the night: first, a nice, french (i.e. social) dinner with Jan's flat-girl-mates' friends (fondue a fromage), and later, the housewarming party of Stéphane, Arnaud and Franck--a great event with great friends!
After a few hours of sleep, Sunday was all over the place. Or we were: first at Laurent and Kristina's place, who hosted an amazing Christmas cookie workshop with some of the other party-people from last night. Afterwards, we had a coffee with Line Mai at the café l'epicerie before I left for the airport. (Leaving Strasbourg by tram one hour before flight departure, Line Mai was a bit nervous that I might miss my flight--all for no good as I checked in and was strip-searched with time to spare before driven off to the plane along with all the other passengers.) The last thing I did on Strasbourgoise soil was to fall asleep as the plane was about to take off.
I had a plan of revisiting Strasbourg and the vineyards next autumn . This was updated to include a visit for Tour de France, which starts in Strasbourg next summer. Now, I might find my way back to this wonderful city and my great friends before that. Time will show...
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