On this day, we tried a new place for breakfast. We feasted on chocolate croissants, coffee, and orange juice. After this, we strolled around the city again. Our first mission was to make a dinner reservation. As stated above, the city was packed and in order to eat dinner, a reservation was necessary as suggested by our old man friend from the hotel. After our restaurant scavenger hunt, we went on a new scavenger hunt of finding the museum we all wanted to go to. Turns out this museum was basically across the street from the one we visited yesterday. (Face palm)
What made this museum so attractive was the fact that it was an actual house which showed the lifestyle of a typical person living in Strasbourg through its set up and reenactments. You were able to walk throughout the house and see figures dressed during different time periods, bedrooms, kitchens, livelihood, etc. They even converted part of the museum into what the house would have looked like for Christmas. The only photos I took were of the different wrapping paper they used for Christmas and of the Christmas tree. (Which by the way is hanging from the ceiling because that was the normal thing to do back in the day.)
After the museum, we strolled through the different side streets of the city. We stopped in two little french boutique stores (bought myself a scarf and a bird ornament), some more markets (bought chocolate of course), and eventually ended up at a new market we hadn't seen yet. Every year the city of Strasbourg honors a different country to bring awareness to the people visiting. This country gets its very own market to display its culture. This year they chose the country Croatia. So this market had different foods, drinks, knick knacks, etc from Croatia.
After the Croatia market we headed to "Le Petite France". We had yet to explore this part of the city and didn't really know what to expect other than that all of the travel books said to visit here.
Well let me tell you, this part of the city immediately became my favorite. Everything is built right on the water. Literally the water and the sidewalk were almost at the same level. I could step right off and into it if I wanted. The buildings here were also the most historical.
After a photo shoot along the river (there are about 100 more photos on my friend's camera), we strolled around the side streets until we stumbled upon two new markets. These markets were all about food. We sampled: cookies, egg nog, jam, bread, gluhwein, etc.
As our bodies were extremely frozen by the time we finished, we headed back to our hotel to once again thaw out. After defrosting, we ventured back outside to our dinner reservation. Of course we had to stop and take photos of the lights along with way...
Dinner consisted of eating in a restaurant that looked like Crackerbarrel. I chose the salmon, potatoes, and red cabbage for my meal. Not being a fan of cabbage, I tried this one and was surprised to learn that I actually liked it. (More on this later.) After dinner, we strolled around for a tad bit more before heading back to the hotel to pack our things since we were leaving the following the day.
Remember how I don't like cabbage, but this time I liked it, and I ate it?? Well I ended up having an allergic reaction consisting of hives all over my stomach and back. Let's just say it was a very, very itchy night. Next time, I'll just stick with my dislike of the stuff.
As for our departure day, it was LONG. We took a two hour train back to Paris. Took a 45 minute train from the center of Paris to the airport. And then flew for 2.5 hours back to Malaga, Spain. And last, drove an hour and a half to Priego de Cordoba.
All in all, if you can't tell from that smile, I loved my weekend France.
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