Strasbourg

is a fantastic city so far. It is the first actually large city I've been in , and also the first city with a normal hostel that is not like 5 km out of town by bus. So I have finally met some people at the hostel to hang out with which is fun (as opposed to the other hostels where they were just school dorms with single rooms with generally cliquish people). There was a bit of problem with a reservation on their part, and it was looking like i'd have to go somewhere else tonight, but luckily there was a cancellation so I can stay. The other place was one of those 2km out of town hostels which generally are logistically annoying.

Tonight is fete de la musique and i am excited. I cant believe it's been a year since I celebrated it in Paris.

Random things (as there always seem to be in these entries)
-Le Routard, the big French travel book company, sells its own brand of shoes for travellers. This is sort of awesome. Maybe Let's Go should do this too.
-I have seen so much religious art. I see representations of the Passion from every era at least 2 or 3 times a day in museums or cathedrals. I went to the modern art museum in Strasbourg today and thought I might have gained a bit of relief from religious art, but no, in the back room they had a 5 story tall enormous painting of the passion. seems a museum just can't stay away from this. Sorry if this is offensive to anyone, but it is a lot to take all the time. The Strasbourg cathedral is absolutely breathtaking though.
-not sure if this song is big anywhere else, but the ONLY song that plays here EVERYWHERE is this song that goes "relax, take it eeee eeee asy" maybe i am unaware of current music trends, but this song is seriously the only song that plays. It has been played 3 times at this internet cafe since i sat down half an hour ago
-i think i will try to continue to keep a list of what i spend when i get home, as i have been doing here. it is amazing how it helps to keep you from buying random useless things...though i also cant fit random useless things in my pack. for anyone who has witnessed any of my moveouts from college, you will know how many random useless things i have. eeks



anyway off to the fete