Day 10 Strasbourg, France and arrival in Paris

The longer I'm on this trip the blurrier the days are getting.  We left Heidleburg this morning and drove to Strasbourg, France.  We walked around and went into the Protestant Church of the city and into the grand Cathedral that is very famous.  The old part of town is really beautiful.  Most of the shops were closed because today is a holiday, but we were able to grab a few souvenirs and some lunch.

In Strasbourg we boarded the bullet train, which brought us to Paris in just over two hours.  By bus, it would have taken us 6 hours.  I didn't really like the train and had to keep my eyes shut the whole way.  It was a smooth ride, unlike our airplane flights, but the trees whiz by at 200 mph in some places and that's just too much for my head to take.

We arrived in Paris to witness the crazy, crazy traffic and eat Flame Cake.  I know what you might be picturing....a cake with fire coming out of the top, but that would be wrong.  It's a lot like pizza.  It has a really thin crust and instead of pizza sauce they use sour cream.  The toppings included meat (ham or bacon) onions, cheese and mushrooms.  They also brought out two desserts, one apple and one chocolate made the same way...minus the sour cream.

We then boarded a bus to our hotel.  Tomorrow, after breakfast, we will be heading into Paris for a tour. We will end the tour at the Palace of Versailles and of course go inside to tour the palace and the gardens.  At dusk, we go on a boat ride of the Seine River.  We decided since we will see Paris from the Eiffel Tower during the day, we wanted to see Paris at night by boat.

Josef and Graydon ordered hamburgers.  They were a little surprised when they got them.  

They both really enjoyed them, so the surprise was worth it!

In front of the Cathedral.