We dock in Kehl, Germany but step over the bridge to Strasbourg, France. It is said the people shop in Kehl because it is less expensive but live in Strasbourg. Today is our first day of rain but really it is a sprinkle now and then but the pictures won’t have the beautiful blue sky like the other days. The area needs the rain badly so we won’t complain at all.
Locks on the bridge. So I decided to research the origin of love locks. There is a Serbian tale of a girl, named Nada, and an officer that were in love but he had to go to war so they met on a bridge. As time passed he fell in love with another woman and Nada was heart broken and died. Local women started attaching locks to the bridge where they met their true love in hopes that their love would last. They write their names or initials on the locks and throw the keys into the river. Fast forward to 2000 and Italy, where “I Want You” first became a book and then a movie set in Rome featuring couples attaching locks to a bridge in Rome. You see Love Locks all over and manufacturers are designing decorative Love Locks that are corrosion-resistant. Maybe that is what these are.
Beautiful old houses
French Pastries ❤️
I narrowed it down to three to taste and share.
It is Sunday and this is the line to get into the Strasbourg Cathedral of Our Lady (Cathedrale-Notre-Dame-de-Strasbourg). It is Palm Sunday and many people wish to attend mass. Picture taking and general public visiting starts at 2 pm. I went to mass rather than wait and take pictures. Turns out the 2 pm line was just as long as the 11am mass line. I did record an audio of the bells ringing and it turns out I recorded 2-1/2 hours so I might have recorded the service too, which was in French. ☺️
Black and white half-timbered framed buildings in Le Petite France
Statue of Johannes Gutenberg
Albert Schweitzer
Old Cerf Pharmacy dates back to 13th century and longest running pharmacy in France until 2000.
Raven Bridge where public executions were held. Also, there were metal cages placed on the ends of the bridge to house “little crooks.” These might be a baker that short changed customers by weight or the merchant that watered down the wine.
The Butcher’s House (1587) is now the city museum.
Saint Nicholas Church is a small Gothic church lead by Jean Calvin in 1538. Albert Schweitzer was pastor from 1900 - 1913 and used to play the organ there.
Street medallions are a remembrance of historic events. This is a Imperial French eagle - a symbol of the French First Empire.
Beginning to see swans as we travel.
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