After our dinner in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, we took off for Strasbourg. Christine, having had more fruits de mer than anybody can handle, collapsed in the car and slept. At which point, Toli was driver and navigator, a true recipe for disaster. Toli went on the highway, but then followed the signs towards Strasbourg, unaware of the French ploy to draw tourists into the boonies. If we had stayed on the highway, we would have reached our destination in an hour and a half; instead, the signs lead us through the scenic route that lasted four hours, took us through snow-covered streets and desolate villages, and landed us in Strasbourg around 1:30am on 1/4. The silver lining? We didn't have to contend with French drivers while getting lost around town! We crashed in bed, and, much like in Brugge, relaxed over the next day. All our photos are from 1/4.

Soon after we arrived
Hotel Patricia
The Eglise St-Thomas (St. Thomas Church) from our attic room.

Soon after we arrived
Hotel Patricia
The St. Thomas Church from our room.

Place Gutenberg (Gutenberg square)
Christine snacks on a freshly-baked croissant.

Place Gutenberg
Christine does her best impression of a snooty French lady. A darn good one since she wasn't actually trying... Toli just snapped this photo while she was happily munching.

Pont Saint-Martin (Saint Martin's bridge), Petite France (small France)
Christine on the bridge over the l'Ill river.

Pont Saint-Martin, Petite France
South-east view (panorama).

Pont Saint-Martin, Petite France
South view (panorama).

Pont Saint-Martin, Petite France
South view (panorama).

Pont Saint-Martin, Petite France
South-west view: Petite France (panorama).

Pont Saint-Martin, Petite France
South-west view: Christine and Petite France (panorama).

Pont Saint-Martin, Petite France
South-west view: Petite France (panorama).

Pont Saint-Martin, Petite France
South-west view: Petite France (panorama).

Pont Saint-Martin, Petite France
South-west view: Petite France, and the walkway we were about to take.

Old Town
Angels hang from a town building. Toli's opinion is that these are the bad angels whose punishment was death by hanging (hence their white faces). Poor angels.

Place Broglie
The opera, disguised as a candy-striped building from The Wizard of Oz.

Quai du Chanoine-Winterer in the Parlement Européen (European parliament) complex
The Palais des Droits de l'Homme (human rights building), part of the group of the Institutions Européennes (European Union buildings) northeast of the old town. It is designed as a ship following the curve of the l'Ill river.

Quai du Chanoine-Winterer in the Parlement Européen complex
The Winston Churchill building of the Parlement Européen.

Quai du Chanoine-Winterer in the Parlement Européen complex
The Winston Churchill and Salvador de Madariaga buildings of the Parlement Européen.

Quai du Chanoine-Winterer in the Parlement Européen complex
The bridge joining the Winston Churchill building (left edge) of the Parlement Européen to the Louise Weiss building (right edge).

Main part of town
Onion-topped domes on a school (lyceum) by the l'Ill river

Place de la Cathédrale
Encaged (for protection) chandeliers light up the classy Rue des Hallebardes (street of the halberds (a medieval weapon)).