Almost time for Brussels!

I forgot to answer this question on the blog: we have been in Strasbourg since the 25th, we leave tomorrow 30th, and we will be in Brussels for 11 days (until the 9th). Then we leave Brussels and are in Paris about a day and a half, we leave for home early in the morning on the 11th and we arrive home that evening (time warp). Strasbourg has been really nice, we bought lots of French books here, a bunch of bookstores and book sellers. Clark has read (with my help) about 700 pages of manga Dragon ball translated from japanese into French, we're both learning a lot, slightly fatter, and have drunk a bit too much (found a really nice bar out of no where today with all kinds of beer) and visited the Kronenbourg (1664) brewery for a tour. We picked up a guide book about Brussels since we are going to be there for so long. It also has some Dutch common words in it, but it is kind of hopeless since I can't seem to sound it out. Brussels seems to be the capital of chocolate, beer, speculoos, and BD (comics) so I'm pretty excited. I wouldn't mind visiting a few museums while we are here too since we haven't done any sightseeing expense (except for the brewery) since Paris. We will be staying at a BnB when we are there (even though we booked from hostel bookers.com). Pretty excited for breakfasts, the croissants in Strasbourg are pretty lame to average.

Update finally

It's a nice night here in Strasbourg even though it poured most of the early evening. We arrived in Strasbourg from St malo on Monday, the city is very cool. It is like a German Annecy but more city-like. They have a bunch of canals and squares and bike paths, but they have more malls and bookstores and cafes. The food has a lot of German influence and is really good. I Like the choucroute (sauerkraut) and the beer. Tonight we had mussels though, which weren't bad, but after eating a whole pot of them, it was a bit too much for me.
Today I had my only junk breakfast since I arrived in France. We bought croissants from a boulangerie, but I'm not sure that they can really be called croissants - just because it is made of bread and butter and slightly crescent shaped doesn't make it a croissant. So tomorrow we will need to venture more into the city (we are on the outskirts of town) for a new boulangerie. Unfortunately there aren't boulangeries every block like there are in Paris.
Today we went to Germany and it was funny because I know absolutely no German. It was hard to order a beer. I thought most German people spoke English so when the waiter came up and started talking German I tentatively asked, English?, but he just said something about not understanding and he walked away. Fortunately he came back and Clark ordered for us in broken English, especially broken French, and pointing. We then went to McDonalds since Clark needs to go in every country, I made Clark order. Muahaha. Ordering at McDonalds is very hard for me in French since the items have mostly English names. It is really confusing. I didn't want to try ordering from a German menu using English German and French, Clark managed using broken English, really broken French, and pointing... muahaha.

Paris, La Rochelle, Annecy

Last week Tuesday, Christy and I left paris, our home town away from home. We spent five days in La Rochelle on the Atlantic coast and the weather was great but it was pretty boring there. There wasn't much to do without spending loads of money to go on a boat tour or similar expensive activity. We walked around the harbor area looking at rich peoples boats. Christy got some reading for school done and I learned more French. We went to the beach but it was way too cold to get in the water. There were some kids in the water, but I was too much of a wimp. 

On Sunday evening we got to Annecy. It's beautiful here. The lake here is warmer than the ocean was in La Rochelle. We've been going to the beach and sunbathing. We even rented a paddle boat and explored the lake. We leave the day after tomorrow but neither of us are ready to go. 

Our next stop is Montpellier. We will be there Friday through Monday. On Sunday, le Tour de France will be going through Montpellier. We're pretty excited to see the cyclists.