Boat Cruise

Today's Route

     It was about 1:00 p.m. when I looked at my watch after lunch. It was too late to visit Riquewihr and Colmar. I knew it was no use to regret what had happened, but I couldn't help thinking that if  we could leave Freiburg earlier, we would be able to see the scenery of Alsace. Anyway, we decided to take the sightseeing boat, which cruised around the Old City of Strasbourg for 70 minutes. I'm showing pictures from the boat, which were blue-colored through  the window of the boat.

     The scenery from on the water was not bad. There was guidance in Japanese, though the pronunciation was a little weird.  Why didn't they ask a Japanese to record the notes. The boat went around the Old City and after that, it took us to the European Union Parliament and European Court of Human Rights. I realized that this city was the center of the EU. Additionally, come to think of  "the center", Strasbourg means the city of the streets. It might have been the center of this area from long ago.

     After 70 minutes cruise, we went to the symbol of this city, Cathedrale Notre-Dame. We had visited several cities and watched a few cathedrals, but Cathedrale Notre-Dame was literally different from others. I'll write about it in the next entry.

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talk without notes  原稿なしで話す

Europarliament / European Union Parliament  欧州議会

European Court of Human Rights  欧州人権裁判所