STRASBOURG/KEHL PART 2

Guten Abend,

As you can see, there are some wonderful old buildings in Strasbourg and we spent some time exploring.

Below is a view from the excellent Museum for Contemporary Art,

and this is the said museum.

From the restaurant roof of the Gallery.

This is the major crossing from the German side of the Rhine.

Back into Strasbourg and Petite France.

No leaf unturned in the pursuit of the local wildlife.

Some great walks and cycles along the German banks,

with the odd heron en route.

As well as Strasbourg we cycled into Kehl on market day. We left our locked bikes next to the market  and wandered the stalls. At the end of the market we realised that a festival was taking place celebrating 150 years of something we couldn't translate. The result was beer stalls and more food stalls than you could shake a bratwurst at. So after our fill of beer and sausage we wandered back to our bikes to find that the market had been cleared along with our bikes!  We reported the theft to the local police who said it was a daily occurrence. Of course, no German would dream of stealing, nor the French, although they were apparently rank bad drivers, having plenty of crashes in German territory which was how he learnt his French. No, the thieves were almost certainly, he inferred, being too diplomatic to name them, those from over the border who we might classify as Nigel Farage's favourite next door neighbours. 

Report printed we trudged off back to the van, a bit hacked off and with little chance of claiming off the insurance.

Thanks to J&A for their birthday greetings for Monday.

Deb. You have raised the bar very high with your latest link. I almost doubted you but looking at photos of Jean-Claude it was almost a double take so much does he resemble your father as I remember him. (Please don't tell me he is a cousin on your Mum's side.)

More on Luxembourg during next week.

Aura wiedersehen,

J&P