So, what happened in Strasbourg? At first I want to say that I had a lot of fun there. The town is very nice and is really worth making some photos. I did that (~350 in two days) and have some of them put online.
What made the two days in Strasbourg so special were the crazy encounters with the people that I had. I want to tell you some of them:
- When I carried/pulled my (damn heavy) luggage from the train station to the youth hostel, some random guy wanted to know how the automatic videotheque machine works. It was soooo obvious that I’m not from there. I was sweating from the weight of the luggage and not taking the public transport as the locals would do, and he still asked me. :)
- While I was making photos of one of the churches, a guy from Holland (or at least a guy with a caravan with dutch license plates) asked me where to find the old town. He started the conversation with “Pardon, parlez-vous anglais?” with a very funny accent.
- I met two women from the French Red Cross. The first one wanted me to become a regular donor (of money, not blood). She told me what the Red Cross in France does and why it is so important, that people donate regularly (via direct-debit authorisation). After she finished I told her that I’m a student and I won’t donate any money (haha! :-p ). A few minutes later another woman from the Red Cross approached me. She made a very crazy impression, so I decided to talk to her ;). After I told her that I am a student and here (in Strasbourg) for holidays she did not try to win me as a donor, but we had a really nice chat.
- An old man in the tram talked to me about the weather and then asked my why I didn’t work (it was Friday ~11 am). When I told him that I come from Austria and have holidays he wanted to talk German. It was a very broken German, but nonetheless very funny.
- While I was walking through the town, a policeman complained to me about a car that went way too fast around a corner. Why me???? I just don’t know…
What else?
I visited all the sights of Strasbourg! And no, I have no idea how they are called (except things like the university, the European Parliament and the Council of Europe), but I made some nice photos.
That was everything for this town and two days and two nights (~52 hours) after I got off the train, I took a seat in the train to Paris.
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Dear Mr. Alexander Eder! :-)
How are you? Hope you arrived safely in Nantes! ;-)
Sorry for my late reply but my life is kind of chaotic rigth now!
;-)
Reading about your experiences and seeing your amazing pictures, i have to confess that i feel kind of envious! I'm sure you will have an awesome time in France and you will meet a lot of crazy and amazing people there who will significantly influence your life in a positive way!
Over here, we'll things are going their way. Samuel, our CEED, will arrive next Tuesday and we all kind of excited and nervous. ;-) I'm really looking forward to meeting him coz my longing for travelling is already sooo big that i wud luv to just pack my bags and get on the next plane to wherever it goes! At least, now with Samuel, I'll experience a lil bit of a different culture and my longing for going abroad will hopefully be smoothened a lil bit! :-)
Have i already told you that I wasn't able to go on holidays abroad this year at all?! Apart from Barcelona I was always "captured" in Autria! And thanks to our lovely and caring politicians this won't change for this year. Actually me and my best friend had planned to "eine Städtereise machen" in the last week of September. Unfortunately, she is working at the office of the people's party and due to the preponed elections, her vacations got cancelled and so got mine! :-)
Anyways, I really hope you are doing fine and that you have a great time "da drüben rechts" ;-)!!!
Oh btw., I've added your blog to our LC-blog coz i really like your blog! :-)
Also, Alex, mach's gut und lass wieder mal was von dir hören! Karin :-)
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