Strasbourg

Most of my time was spent on the Grand Ile, which was totally gorgeous – like nowhere else I’ve ever visited and the people I met were also very friendly.

The big highlight was the Sons et Lumiere – it was the first time I was ever at one of these shows. Pub-wise, was very impressed with L’Academie de la Biere (open to 4am) and a newly opened Irish pub called The Dubliners. (It’s only a very short stroll away from the Cathedral, on Vieux Marche aux Poissons).

There’s a few places I still want to visit so I’ll definitely be going back. _{The Kronenbourg brewery, for example :)}

Everything is now booked – I’m holding the train tickets (to and from Paris) and I’ve just booked the hotel. (The hotel looks great, if the website can be trusted, it’s in a fantastic location – close to the cathedral and one or two pubs I’m hoping to loiter in – and the rates are pretty damn good too).

I’m only going to be there a day and a half though, and I know that’s never going to be anywhere near enough time. The Cathedral and La Petite France should be (at least partially) do-able on the afternoon I arrive, and I’m hoping for an hour or two across the border the following day. If I can manage any of the European Institutions too, that’ll be a big bonus.

_{Can’t wait, can’t wait, can’t wait.}