Despite the time confusion our bodies felt we both managed to get a good night’s sleep. We started the day with building the bike. Well mostly George assembles it, I have the minor role of holding the bike up, attaching the water bottle cages and providing moral support.
The hotel had a nice covered garage to build in and park the bike under which was good because it rained buckets while we were at it. The sky soon cleared though and turned warm and sunny.
We went on a walking tour with a rented audio guide and map from the tourism office. This worked well as Strasbourg has a very interesting history sitting in the borderlands of France and Germany. It was also a strategic port on the Rhine so that also influenced its history greatly. The rivers and canals are central to the geography of the area and also make it very pretty in the present day.
We had a simple supper of the local specialty which is a variation on the pizza theme. It’s called by french or german names, either tarte flambée or flammenküchen. Either way it is a very thin crust with a creamy cheesy sauce and traditionally onions and bacon. Very yummy in our example (no pics, gone too fast).
I love how there are no barriers around these trams. Not happening in North America, we can’t be trusted to use our brains to save ourselves.
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