Running out of titles for these blog things...

Bienvende! Tonight is our last night in France! But that's okay, Strausbourg isn't the tourist-friendly town we've enjoyed the most. This morning we had a delicious breakfast in the hotel before embarking on a tour of the city with a French/German tour guide. I'm sure it was a great tourr but it was too difficult to listen to him so we missed a lot of the information he was giving us. Also it suddenly got cold outside so we were all a bit chilled by the time we got to break for lunch. In our pursuit for restaurants we found a cute little sandwich shop dealio that turned out to be a win for most of us and enough to get us home and out of the cold air for a bit. For the afternoon we rode the bus to the European Union side of town to see the capital buildings and such down there. Then we had the afternoon free for ourselves so everyone in the group took a nap except Dan, Sharon, Amanda, and I who decided to walk to Germany since the border was just the other side of town. We did a good job getting there but it took a bit longer than expected. And the town we entered in to was not a tourist town whatsoever so we were a bit lost and couldn't even find a souvenir shop to pick up a trinket for our struggles. So instead we found the bus station and bought a one-way ticket back to France to shorten the walk home. We got done just in time to meet up with Dr. Wright to do a canal tour of the city which turned out to be a bust because it was dark by the time we started and none of the buildings were even lit up so it was hard to focus then, too. A few sketchy plans for dinner and we ended up trying the restaurant in the hotel which was of course expensive. But we did some sharing to bring down the cost and it turned out to be a good time, as usual. We've had a lot more free time on this leg of the trip than ususal so we're not really sure what to do with ourselves. Tomorrow we have breakfast and then we're doing a wine tour of the area since it's France. By afternoon we will be checking in to our hotel in Interlaken for a group dinner. I'm excited to see what it is like there because I don't know waht to expect! And only one week until we get home and have to live normal lives, going to class on Monday instead of visiting the Swiss Alps or walking to Germany. Hope you are enjoying the weekend!

Love,
Jenacious