Shopping in Strasbourg

Strasbourg was fun from the word "go". We really liked the old town, quaint buildings and friendly people.

Brunch was a nice meal by a sidewalk cafe, consisting of galettes munster chaud and faux filet sauce (that's supposed to be the signature Alsace potato patty and beef steak). The plan was to finish brunch, visit the must-see cathedral then head to Paris. Well, the food and drinks (coffee and hot chocolate), as well as the photo opportunities during brunch were great.

Nothing else went according to plan.

To start with, it started to drizzle the moment we paid the bill. Wiser after yesterday's walks in the rain, we decided to abandon our plans for further sightseeing and head straight to Paris instead.

Then, on our way to reserve Paris train tickets, we stumbled onto a really interesting outdoors equipment shop. Ping was extreme fed up with wet shoes by then and declared that we were going shopping for waterproof gear.

An hour and many euros later, we emerged from the shop with 2 pairs of waterproof shoes, a pair of waterproof pants, a waterproof cap and lightweight detergent.

The rain had stopped by then.

To cut a long story short, we "accidentally" walked from one must-see tourist sight after another. The good thing was that it was a most delightful afternoon of spontaneous exploration in a quaintly ancient and yet modernly efficient place.