oh fun! hmm well, let’s see. i was there overnight during christmas so the first afternoon and evening it was all christmas market stuff. the next day i took the tram out to see the european parliament building (just to see it) and i went to the modern art museum. i know i did a walking tour, but i don’t remember where i got the map from :S i think from the hostel?

see http://wikitravel.org/en/Strasbourg for some sightseeing tips.

and my pictures:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonk/sets/72057594071964611/

jon :)

you should def go to the cathedral and see its zodiac clock and any bars/restaurants in the square behind it at excellent (particularly the creperies). the “bateaux mouches” do a trip up the river as far as the european parliament. if you go on the right weekend the parliament has 2 open days each year. i think it was normally the 1st weekend in may so you probably just missed it.

there’s a museum of modern art thats great and of course you can spend hours wandering round petite france pretending its 400 yrs ago! petite france is the tourist centre but all it has is over priced restaurants, bar and gift shops. beautiful but not buzzing. the opera house often has stuff on, for good prices. i swear i paid 5E50 to see marriage of figaro 4 yrs ago. and there’s a market on the place in front on saturdays.

place kleber has a lot of shopping streets leading off it and each yr the city council do something fab with the square. i’ve seen it covered in trees/sand/fountains with a walk way across it. there are often top class buskers there too. i remember a jazz quartet called papa steph from prague who rocked.

if you stay in the youth hostel its not v near the city centre. be warned.