Palais Rohan

Up and at ‘em.
Had cereal and milk we bought last night. Hopefully we don’t get sick cause it’s not long life milk but it’s unopened and our room is cold soooo
Well actually I personally felt the room was boiling overnight but that’s every night for me haha.
We put on more layers today - I put on an extra pair of pants - my snow pants so I look like a right douche but that’s ok. I’m warm.
We walked to le petite France first which is why we came to Strasbourg. It’s a bit like chefchaunen for me. Photos are misleading. I was expecting at least triple the amount of cool stripy houses they had. Better than chefchauen cause it was still pretty. Chefchaun is a massive hole.
We watched the water boats in the canals which was cool. They got locked in a section. Pumped that section with water so the boat rose then the the doors opened on the other side and the boat floated on.
We saw St Thomas I believe that gets no attention because of the big ass cathedral but Mozart liked the organ inside which was cool to note as we walked past.
Walked to the cathedral and bought our tickets to go up to the viewing platform.
300 something stairs in a spiral.
My legs.
Absolute jelly.
100% worth it though. Frothing at the view.
Looooove how old the roofs are and all the little hatch windows and wonky-ness.
Beautiful. 10/10 would climb again.
The bell dinged and gave me a heart attack. Much louder when so close 😅😅
Walked back down which was a breeze compared to going up but going around and around so quickly made us feel a little dizzy so we went for lunch.
I got my salad 😭😭😭😭
It was goats cheese on little bread things with honey and nuts and then like a kilo of lettuce, tomato and onion.
Delighted.
We then went to Starbucks for a hot chocolate. Nice defrosting technique for our hands.

We have walked to museum palace Rohan except same problem as climbing the tower yesterday - they don’t seem to have people available to cover work lunch breaks so it’s closed for the next 45 minutes. 😆 We are just waiting in a foyer/courtyard. So easy to imagine parties of people arriving on their horses and being greeted.
Bonkers these are people houses.

Currently watching some instagram couple take photos of themselves in the courtyard. It’s a real process. I think they are uncomfortable I am watching. They moved hahaha.

Will had to activate his Wi-Fi to read the menu at the place we had lunch which is probs a good thing so he is amused while we wait and I can write this in peace haha.

Ummed and ahhed about which ticket to buy.
It was 16€ each for all 3 sections of the museums which was archaeological, paintings and decorative arts. I opted for just the decorative arts tickets so 7.5€ each. Gotta get back some of my jacket money 🥴
Got us access to the palace section which is my favorite thing to see.
Went through lots of decked our rooms. Amazzzzzinnnggggg. Not the best we have seen but still love love love love love.
Notable guests include King Louis XV, Marie Antoinette and Dauphines Marie Josephe de Saxe.
Napoleon too In the second part of the palace.
Love the bed chambers. And the library 😍😍
Some very pornographic frog art which I did not expect to see in a palace.
Also some big display from some family who made crockery.
I loved one of the signs describing the display. There were aninal/bird ceramics that were used at dinner parties because they looks like they could fly and it delighted the guests.
I often read this and just wish dead people could be woken up for a day and see the advances. Their heads would short circuit.
Parts of the original and the 2nd archaeological clock from the cathedral were there. Very cool.
The 3rd one is currently in cathedral.
There was also a toy collection.

Lovvvvveddddd.

Bought my magnet - felt pressured so not perfect but as I already have a France one I’ll take my small win. Also regretful that I didn’t buy a waffle one in Brussels cause it wasn’t “perfect”. I try not to waste opportunities when Will is in a “want a magnet?”mood. Never know when the next one be hahaha

Walked past our favorite homeless lady. She has a whole section for herself- has set up a tent and even has like 20 little plants for some decor 😆😆

We opted not to go to Colmar because I’m worried it will be the same as Strasbourg regarding the lack of stripy houses and also online tickets unavailable this morning. Could have gone to station but I’m happy with todays activity choice instead.

I showered and packed, stapled some stuff and did some research before we headed to dinner.
Will fancied Indian so we went to the creatively named “Namaste” Resturant.
Good food. Indian is always good food really ahah. Had to scoop the coriander out but I’ll forgive cause the waiter was really nice. The Resturant was super clean too.
They forgot to charge us for our cokes and my inability to steal made me tell them.
Walked back and I’ve spent 2 hours booking things. I’ve booked Versailles, and a wine tour. Well hopefully a wine tour. They don’t give themselves much wriggle room. It’s maximum 5 people because of Covid but will only run if 4 people 😅 so they haven’t taken money yet and I will hear back from them. I hope it runs. The one I had planned is unavailable and this one is more expensive but does look good.
And if we don’t do a wine tour our whole trip to Dijon is pointless sooo.
Our back up plan is to go to a fancy dinner and do a wine pairing experience but I’d rather a wine tour.
I also went to book our Lichtenstein tour but backed out. I’ve booked us a return train to somewhere near the border. Lichtenstein doesn’t have a train station or airport so we will have to catch a bus from the train station but it’s meant to be a direct route. I opted for this after months of going back and forth because the tour is 7.5 hours but only 45 mins in Lichtenstein and time in other Swiss villages. I don’t want to come away feeling like I didn’t see it properly. So train it is.

Will has been putting off packing all night and has just made the call he will do it in the morning. Who here is shocked? *searches and find nobody*Read more