Europe 2016 Sept16th Day 19 Strasbourg

Up early this morning as we had to get Jane on the 7:51 train to Selesat to catch the bus to Sainte Marie aux Mines for the European Patchwork Meeting. The reason we are in Strasbourg Alsace, France. All good and with the assistance of a lovely young man at the station she was on her way. Free day for me, yah!!!
First things first though, off to the Laundromat to do a weeks washing with a good cup of coffee and then return the dry and neatly folded clothes to the room (God I'm good O:-) )
I then stopped at a great little cafe for a great coffee and pastry before my explorations around Strasbourg. What a beautiful city, I'm sorry if your sick of hearing this but the history, age of buildings, culture and aura of these places just amazes me everywhere I go.
All I did for the next 4 hours was wander the streets and alleyways of this city taking photos and absorbing the atmosphere: just great, this is holidays to me.
Finally stopped in a little restaurant in a back street for lunch after two and with total ignorance of each others language, ended up with the most delicious seaford pasta (mussels, octopus and calamari with pesto sauce) and a Pinot Grigio. Enough for two but fresh and superb. Ended with an espresso before leaving only €15 poorer. :-) and very happy.
It was then off to the Cathedral Notre dame de Strasbourg with the most amazing ornate organ before more walking, taking in the Protestant church, places linked with Martin Luther and Albert Schwartzer and other notables. It had been drizzling off and on all day so headed back to the hotel to drop the cameras and gear off before going to a littlele Turkish barber nearby for a haircut and cut-throat shave; lovely.
Grabbed the cameras and then went to the Musee d'art moderne to grab some culture, Rodin, Monet, Duchamp, Kandinsky and more before heading back to the hotel and sitting in a little bar with a beer waiting for Jane to return at 7pm.
A refreshing beer for Jane and then off for a meal, ending up at a little tapas bar with vino before gentle walk back to the hotel for well deserved rest. A fantastic day.