December 15, 2013

A little bit of Portugal inside Strasbourg

Last night I arrived in Strasbourg and found my friends apartment without any troubles. Joanna is a French Portuguese girl whom I met in Busan when she was traveling there. We caught up while eating home made French and Portugese dishes made by her and her boyfriend Erwin. I'm glad we didn't go out last night because I have walked so much over the past few days. Instead we nerded out over boardgames. If you know me you will know it was awesome cause I love boardgames. 

Today is the first day since I arrived in Strasbourg. It was raining a bit but that didn't stop me, with my winter boots and trusty money belt I was off. 

Strasbourg is known as the Christmas region of France. There are a bunch of Christmas markets within the city. It is very walkable and the tram network looks newly built. I am really liking the outline of the city. 

The cathedral is the only one in Europe with one tower apparently because it was built inside a moat and if they put both towers on then it would sink.

There is a pillar by one of the restaurants. From the Gothic period people were asked to pass by it through the wall and if you are able to you don't have to pay taxes. But in the rennaisance period if you can't pass through it then that means you were rich which is good. Turns out I am poor. Haha like I needed a pillar to tell me that.

I tried some warm wine again at the Christmas market and it was a lot stronger than the ones in Paris but still very mild compared to normal wine with a fruity taste.
We finished the night off with boardgames again. This time Joanna's friend Constence introduced me to a game called Jungle speed which is a reflex game and things got really violent. Joanna almost got her eyes take out haha.

I am going to take the train today to Frankfurt to see my friend,brother from Korea Min Kyung!

Joanna and I

Joanna, me and Erwinn

Cool mason monument to the people who built the cathedral

Portugese wine that was quite good


I am poor :(
The Church's outter edge is really intricate in design and depicts stories from the bible and saints
Trying to figure out a boardgame for 2 hours. In the end we went to sleep and never actually got to play it lols

Eating some home made French food
Portuguese dish

Peace from Strasbourg.

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