The tour took a break for a boat ride on the River Ill, which hovered around the outskirts of the centre of Strasbourg. Perfect for offering a different perspective of the scenery, and I'm not only referring to the architecture. Wink! Wink!
After the boat ride, the sun was still out, so we decided to go up the tower of Strasbourg's Notredame Cathedral. We got there just in time to make the last entrance before closing. To get to the top we had to climb 66 metres of stairs. A quarter of the way up, we were already feeling the burn in our thighs and panting like dogs. By the time we made it to the top, it felt like my legs had turned to jelly, but I was able to make it to the edge to realise that the view was absolutely worth it.
In the evening we rewarded our active day with local Alssace food; a mixture of French & German cuisine. When we got our menu's they were in French, so we did our best to understand our choices. However we got stuck on one word; volaille. On asking the waitress, she told us it was a kind of poultry. "Chicken?" we asked. She replied "No, like chicken but any other edible bird". She made some reference to turkey on further questioning, but when we received our food, it definitely wasn't turkey. In fact it tasted of chicken. But then again don't most things? So none of us are sure what we ate. But it tasted good so it's best not to over think what it could have been.
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