After a couple of days in small towns, we headed for the city of Strassbourg.
A very hot day, but it started cool. We rode all the way along the Rhone au Rhin canal on a paved, shaded path. For the first half of the ride the canal was not operational, but later there were working locks. 1/4 mile ahead of each lock there was a rope hanging down in mid canal to pull and signal the lock. There are a handful of large canal boats permanently moored and fitted out as homes, but there were also several large canal boats underway which were restored as private yachts. We made our way without hassle into the city of Strassbourg to our hotel near the city center facing the eye-popping Strassbourg Cathedral: huge and ornate Gothic architecture, built 1100-1250 mainly.
A couple of years ago we had a conversation with a woman in Brittany who said her mother was from Strassbourg, born in France, moved to Germany, moved back to France, moved to Germany again, and moved back to France again. But always lived in the same house.
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