The weather has been great mostly all sunny skies and temps in the sixties, perfect for walking around. Language has not been a problem, Lucy’s French seems to be excellent, the rest of us struggle, but most of the locals are comfortable in English.
Lots of the streets in the old city are banned to cars, but an occasional commercial or official vehicle can sneak up behind you.
At 1PM the cathedral opened for visitors, so we finally got to see inside it. It’s big and Gothic with a beautiful organ high up n the nave and lots of stained glass windows. There is a very elaborate clock that shows both sun time and mean time, mechanical figures that come out to stride the hour and quarter hours, and has a solar system and many brass wheels and cogs.
We took a look at the exterior of the cathedral, rococo in style, and identifies lots of animals on the façade including storks, horses, donkeys, big cats, bears, dogs, trolls and ogres. After the cathedral, Judy and I continued walking to get a couple more miles in before the afternoon nap.
We tried to go to a free organ recital at St. Thomas Church, but when we got there, it was ‘sold out’. Dinner was at Tire-Bouchon and was disappointing. Then bedtime.
Hotel Cour de Corbeau with guest.
River L'Ill
Eglise du Bouclier.
Pretty, old street.
These spear carriers guard the entry to the cathedral. The one on the left has lost her spear. The second from the right might be pregnant.
Cathedral and nave with organ.
Cathedral Notre-Dame de Strasbourg and organ.
Rose window.
Multifunction Clock, early version of the Apple Watch.
Cathedral menagerie includes bears and donkeys....
Storks.....
and Gargoyles.
Eglise St. Thomas, but we were late for the concert.
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