The picture is of the Cathedrale Notre-Dame, which was the main tourists' attraction of the Old City. I lost my words to see it. It was so monolithic and magnificent. 
We could go up to the top of the tower, but we were sick and tired of staying in this city and only took some pictures here. Originally, I was intersted in the history and I had a little knowledge about the history of this area, Alsace, but I got to become indifferent to them. I didn't know why? When Matsuyama castle in my hometown was under renovation for two years a few years ago, two pictures were found on the ceiling. They must have been drawn by a renovation worker 200 years ago. When I saw them, I felt as if I were chatting with him. Likewise I really wanted to see only a stroke of the sculptor in the Cathedral, but such a desire seemed to disappear. Maybe it was due to the unkindness of the French people. At any rate, we headed for the station.
At the station we were at a loss how to get the ticket to Freiburg. There was no ticket-vending machine which we were familiar with in Germany. I asked three staff members of the French Rail Company. Their attitude was utterly impolite and rude. We were strangers in Strasbourg and it was natural that we didn't know the French way. I thought all three could understand me, though I asked in English. My daughter also did in German. I didn't think that these three staff members were the representatives of all French people, but I would never visit France again. All of my family members love skiing. The transborder ski tour from Chamonix in France to Italy could be the best memory of my family before one of my daughters would have gone with her partner. However, this plan has disappeared completely. After coming back to Japan, I told this to my wife, who had visited France four times on her business trips. She told me, "At first, you should say 'bonjour' and their attitude would be changed." Really? but I've had enough of France.
We managed to get tickets for Freiburg and had some time to go and walked around the station. We happened to find a TGV (superexpress train in France) and took pictures. If we had had sufficient time, we could travel around Alsace province
from Freiburg, via Kehl, Strasbourg, Colmar, (Riquewihr,) Mulhouse and Basel to Freiburg in a day. It would have been a great one-day trip, starting from Germany, via France and Switzerland, and returning to Germany. As I wrote in the previous entry "Fraud?", I was really sorry not to be called from Steiert the previous night.
(Vocabulary)
Cathedrale Notre-Dame ノートルダム大聖堂
monolithic 一枚岩でできた, 〔建物などが〕巨大な、頑丈な
sick of sth/sb ＜…＞にうんざりして, 飽き飽きして
I'm sick of pizza. Let's have something else. ピザなんてもういやだよ．何かほかのものにしよう．
be sick of doing sth ＜…＞するのはもううんざりだ
I'm sick of working for other people. 他人のために働くなんてもううんざりだ．
be sick and tired of sth/sb (be sick to death of sth/sb とも) ＜…＞にはまったくうんざりしている, つくづくいやになっている
indifferent 無関心な, むとんちゃくな, 冷淡な
renovation 修復, 刷新
renovation work [U] 修復工事
sculptor 彫刻家
Chamonix 〔フランス〕 シャモニー
I've had enough (of sth/sb) （＜…＞には）もううんざりだ
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