Munich to Luxembourg via Strasbourg

Sat. 8/18:  Left Turkenfeld (suburb of Munich), where Alexandra's sister lives.   About 4 hours later, had my first flat, which looked like a pinch flat (occurs when you hit a bump with an Under-inflated tire).  The leak was on some ridges on the tube, so, the patch was destined to leak. 
All bike shops are closed on Sunday, so getting a new tire or tube was not an option. 
Within 3 hours of heading out from Gunzburg, it was leaking again.  I was about 1/3 of the way to Stuttgart when I decided to head South to Ulm to catch the train.   By the time I got there, the tire was really flat. 
The earliest open bike shop in town opened at 11, precluding any full day of riding, so I hopped another train with the new tire, and spent Monday night in Freudenstadt as scheduled and had some decent German food for dinner. 



a light German dinner in


  Canal de la Marne au Rhin

  

On Tuesday, arrived in Strasbourg, France...  a country that is serious about fine food.

Great to be back in France!!

There are 3 light shows that run nightly in Strasbourg.  The video below is from the one at Notre Dame cathedral.

Notre Dame Cathedral in Strasbourg, France

Carousel in the square a few blocks from the Cathedral

 with some excellent "dirty dancing"

Along the Marne–Rhine Canal biking from Strasbourg to Sarrebourg

Thursday in Sarrebourg, awoke to rain.  Since the forecast was sketchy for the afternoon, and the rain didn't stop til about 10, I decided to take the 11:30 train to |Metz, and do laundry in the afternoon.

Friday (8/24) arrived in Luxembourg city.  The city festival / fair is going on right across the street from my hotel.  It's huge!

Glad my hotel (Best Western) has a computer that's not "locked down" with that hideous kiosk software, so I could write this blog using Remote Desktop via my computer in Palo Alto.  French keyboards have Q where A is, M where ; is, W where Z is, A where Q is, and the @ sign is accessed by an ALT key +0.  the period and all numbers require shift.  It turns out that when you use remote desktop, the keyboard functions like a US keyboard.  Makes typing the blog much less painful.
It's unlikely I'll find a computer that's this open any time soon, so this may be the last entry for a while.