So my day began at ~3:30am when the guttering dude rang. Grunt. Only got a little bit more sleep after than (maybe half an hour).
Breakfast range was even smaller today, but still perfectly adequate.
After breakfast, shutting down the computer, it decided for the second day in a row to install windows updates. Grunt. So had to cart the laptop around because I didn't have time to put it in my suitcase before we left.
Had a morning pitstop near Baden Baden, then onto Strasbourg.
Firstly we had a driving tour of the city, then a walking tour. Quite a pretty little city. Went inside St Thomas Church, had some lunch and some free time, then into the cathedral and up to the bell tower lookout. Afterwards went for a walk back to where we started to get up on top of the bridge gate thingie to look at the towers in the sun.
Rohan Palace
Scene along the Ill River in Strasbourg
Strasbourg Historical Museum
Barrage Vauban
Institut National Du Service Public on the Ill River
Ponts Couverts de Strasbourg (Strasbourg Covered Bridges, with towers)
Protection des mineurs building in the middle of the Ill River
Medieval buildings along the Ill River
Scene along the Ill River in Strasbourg
Pont du Faisan - historic hydraulic opening bridge
Medieval buildings in Strasbourg
Medieval buildings in Strasbourg
St. Thomas Church
St. Thomas Church
Organ in St. Thomas Church
St. Thomas Church
Macaron tower in a store in Strasbourg
Gutenberg Merry-Go-Round in Place Gutenberg
Maison Bollinger store in Strasbourg
Place Gutenberg
Strasbourg Cathedral
Strasbourg Cathedral
Strasbourg Archaeological Museum
Strasbourg Cathedral
Rose window in Strasbourg Cathedral
A stone dog said to be modelled after Jean Geiler of Kaysersberg's dog
Astronomical Clock in Strasbourg Cathedral
Strasbourg Cathedral
Organ in Strasbourg Cathedral
Stained glass windows in Strasbourg Cathedral
Bronze model of Strasbourg Cathedral
Mum on one of the ramparts on Strasbourg Cathedral
Strasbourg Cathedral rooftop
Strasbourg Cathedral rooftop
View southwest from Strasbourg Cathedral
Bell tower in Strasbourg Cathedral
View northeast from Strasbourg Cathedral
View to St. Paul's Church of Strasbourg
View northeast from Strasbourg Cathedral
Strasbourg Cathedral rooftop
Strasbourg Cathedral
Strasbourg Cathedral
Strasbourg Cathedral
Ill River in Strasbourg
Ill River in Strasbourg
Barrage Vauban
Strasbourg Cathedral from Barrage Vauban
Ponts Couverts de Strasbourg from Barrage Vauban
Canal du Faux-Rempart from Pont de l'Abattoir (Slaughterhouse Bridges)
Medieval buildings in Strasbourg
Then to the hotel. But by the time we'd walked to the coach and driven around the city, we'd actually have been quicker to walk to the hotel. I'd previously looked up local laundromats and found one very close to the hotel, so popped down there before dinner to wash all my clothes.
Dinner at the hotel was ok, but not the best meal so far.
And this room is HOT. They had the heater on when we arrived !?!? so turned that off and opened the window (no aircon at all). But it's still hot. And the bathroom has these heating pipes going through it that can't be turned off :(:(:( Sleeping tonight might be a challenge.
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