June 18, Day 11: Lunch with Old Friends

Today we lunched on the rue de Berri (right off the Champs-Elysées) with my dear friend and former colleague Isobel, and her husband Martin.  Isobel and I taught English together in the 1970s at the old Club International Audio-Visuel on the Avenue du Maine. That school has since morphed into the language, management, and communications school Transfer and is now owned by Isobel and Martin.

Our table, open to the street (rue de Berri)

Isobel, Nina; Martin

Isobel; Nina; Christoforos

After lunch, Isobel and Martin directed us to the first Starbucks we have seen in France! It was hidden away in the Arcades des Champs-Elysées, not far from the rue de Berri, where Transfer is located and where we had our lovely lunch.

Christoforos standing in line for our coffees

Enjoying my espresso Frapuccino!

June 18, Day 11: l'Arc de Triomphe and the Fallen Flag

Check back later for commentary!

June 17, Day 9: l'Eglise de Saint Pierre le Jeune

On our last morning in Strasbourg, we visited a Protestant church just a block or so from the Adagio, the Church of Young Saint Peter's. I'm not sure why they don't call in the New Saint Peter's, but they don't. It was closed, so we only saw the exterior; and not all of that because it is attached to the adjoining building and you can't walk all the way around it.

Seen from the Petite Rue de l'Eglise, across from the Adagio

June 16 - 17, Days 8 - 9: Last Views of Strasbourg

On our last walk around Strasbourg, we saw:

l'Ill, of course

le Lycée Internationale

A tranquil view of the river

Gargoyles on the side of the Cathedral

June 13 - 17: Strasbourg Miscellany

Here are some pictures I like which didn't make it into any of the earlier posts:

Daisies at the rest stop on the Autoroute A4

The biggest dandelion I have ever seen (also at the rest stop)

Gathering storm clouds over Strasbourg; first evening

A Mallard resting next to the Ill in la Petite France

Fancy shoes for the wedding

The European Court of Human Rights (taken at the tram stop on our way to the reception)

Flowers in the Orangerie Park

A stork flying overhead; Parc de l'Orangerie

Another view of the hotel terrace

Terrace tables set for breakfast

A linden tree (tilleul) in full bloom, near Véronique and Patrice's apartment (where Audrey and Thomas will live when his parents leave for 18 months in Gabon in August) 

A decorated wall, seen from the street after the boat ride

The book market we passed on our walk home from the Jardin Botanique

An organ grinder

The front of the Adagio

Yet another Adagio terrace view (It was so pretty that I kept taking pictures of it!)

June 16, Day 8: Dinner at the Café de Rohan

We ate our last dinner in Strasbourg with Raymonde and her grand-daughter Anne-Gaëlle at the Café de Rohan, on the Place du Marché aux Cochons de Lait (Piglet Market Square?). Anne-Gaëlle and I had Flammeküche, and Christoforos and Raymonde had salads. The square is lovely, very quaint. The lone tower of the Cathedral is visible behind the buildings.

Doesn't this look yummy?

Me and my Flammeküche

I even had dessert! A small scoop of coffee ice cream presented in a tall stemmed glass with a rolled cookie and some whipped cream. Don't you wish you could have one now?