In mid-December a big group of friends and I went to Strasbourg, France also known as the “Capital of Christmas.” The city is filled with dozens of Christmas markets, ice skating rinks, and mulled wine stands.
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| We heard that this was the biggest Christmas tree in Europe |
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| Mulled Wine |
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| Decorated store fronts |
We spent a majority of our time getting christmas gifts for our families at the markets and admiring the lavish decoration displays outside shops, but we did manage to squeeze in some time to see la Cathedrale Notre Dame de Strasbourg. The cathedral is HUGE and absolutely gorgeous. I would recommend just standing outside of it and looking at it from different angles because it is covered in tiny sculptures! Also, the astronomical clock on the inside is a must see. It is a calendar, planetary dial, and a display of the positions of the sun and moon and eclipses all in one!
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| The lower portion of the clock |
Our group split into 3 smaller groups to couch surf and every host was great! We went out to dinner with 2 of them and had a fun time dancing to the cover band at the restaurant. The next night I had dinner with my couchsurfing host and his friends at the house and played with his 3 year old son. The little boy was too adorable and wanted to show off his English skills which were quite impressive.
On our last day of the trip we hopped over to the German side of the border, to a town called Offenburg, just to have lunch! I seriously think that going to another country just to have a meal is the coolest thing ever.
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| Our first time on German soil... I mean concrete! |
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