Obernai and Strasbourg

After recommendations from Meg and Paul ( our UK pals from Oberstdorf) we have stopped at Obernai. This is a beautiful old town with cobbled streets and historic half timbered houses. The town is on the Alsace wine route with views over the Vosages. It is festival time here so street entertainment, markets etc are everywhere.

Saturday we took the train to Strasbourg - the capital of Europe. It seemed every street had a market and we opted to take the river cruise to see the sights from an airconditioned boat rather than fight the crowds. We were very impressed with the old town and with the new European Parliament and Council of Europe buildings. We had a splendid local lunch sitting at a table in the square with the tannery building (the most photographed building in the city).
While the train trip home was extremely hot we have to say the trains were new, clean and ran on time, which makes planning these days out so easy.