Cruising to Strasbourg and Heildelberg, Germany
Bonjour!
We have been busy over the past couple of days. It’s just exceedingly hard work to have this much fun, and we’re exhausted! Food, food and more food and excursions, entertainment, laughter, strolling…all are just consuming us! Many thanks to Doris Todd at Custom Travel for putting together our Burritt Cruisers group again this year. Next time, we hope to see more of you! We have 16 in our group and are thoroughly enjoying the commaraderie.
Yesterday was not the best day for us as it was 34 degrees in the morning with a high of only 44 and strong winds making a cooler wind chill factor. The tour through Strasbourg was not as much fun as it should have been because of the weather conditions. Actually, I chose to stay in and catch up on some writing obligations. I had already been to Strasbourg several times and decided that the weather was not for me. Bernie did go out for the morning and got only a few pictures. He was able to connect with his cousin who lives in Strasbourg and they had a nice long chat.
The two great spots to see in Strasbourg are the main town square with the huge cathedral containing the famous astrological clock and the lovely canal area called La Petit France. We have sent pictures before and sorry that we have only a few this time. Everyone on the tour nearly froze to death including Bernie.
Last evening, our Burritt group of 16 reserved the special fine dining room for a fabulous meal. We toasted Bernie’s upcoming 75th birthday but forgot to take a picture. Duh! We will get one before our week is up.
Today, the weather started a little chilly but ended up quite nice with some sun, blue skies and no wind. We toured the absolutely delightful town of Heidelberg, a place I had never been. It is best known for its university, and students receive 18 months of free tuition from the government, regardless of whether they are from Germany or not. Our tour guide was the best and full of naughty little stories which enthralled us, many of which I’m quite sure were not exactly historically accurate. I fell in love with this charming city and we have lots of pictures for your enjoyment.
