A Day in the City

Monday, we decided to head into the city of Strasbourg.  Getting there is pretty easy.  We drove about 20 km north to one of the Park and Ride lots.  The 4.10 Euro cost to park for the day includes a tram ticket for up to 7 people to go into the city.  Too easy! 
 
The first thing we did was head for the Batorama, the tour boat that takes you around the island that basically forms the older part of the city.  Strasbourg dates from before Roman times and has a long history of being punted back and forth between France and Germany.  The architecture is amazing and there are too many historic buildings here to try to list them.  The boat trip took an hour and gave us a good overview.

 

 

The Old Customs Building

Going through the lock to get to the Tanner Quarter

The tanner quarter - the open windows on the upper floors were to help dry the hides

Following out boat tour, we headed for some lunch and then to visit the cathedral.

Square in front of the cathedral with Maison Kammerzell

It was so hot both Eileen and I bought hats!

 

The side of the cathedral

Poster explaining the evolution of the building

One of the amazing stained glass windows

 

The cathedral organ

We then walked to La Petite France, the quartier where the Tanner District is.

 

 

 
 

By then, the heat had pretty much done us in so we headed out of the city and back to our air-conditioned car.  How do you spell relief?  AC!!