July vacation: Strasbourg

After Paris, we headed to eastern France, to the regions Alsace, and Lorraine, to visit with family from Alex's mother's side. Lots of cousins, aunts, uncles, and his Mami too.

The cathedral in Strasbourg

Dorine, Luc, me, Alex, Jerome

I could live here, except for the cold part.

Jerome teaching Alex how to make traditional Alsacean food.

hey, mix-master

One of our highlights of the whole trip was our day spent at the monkey park. They roamed free, and you were allowed to give them a few pieces of popcorn, but the staff was pretty vigilant that you not linger too close.

see the little baby monkey in the middle there?!

When we visited Alex's Mami, she took us to see the house she grew up in, where as a child, she tells us  the German soilders occupied her house!

The house faces huge wheat fields, where her family took it in and processed it to make flour.

Unfortunately, the house hasn't been lived in for a few years, so there was no way to get in and explore any further.

Luc and his cousin

beautiful countryside

And now we take the train to the south of France, see you in the next post!