third advent

On Saturday we crossed the border into France. We live quite close to France and like to shop there. On this day we visited the city of Strasbourg for their famous Christmas Market. It's famous, not only because it's large but, for France, at least, it's unique.



Strasbourg, and the area of France that lies just over the boarder of Germany, use to be part of Germany. The region is called Alsace and for centuries the French and the Germans have been bickering over it..it was German than French then German then French...you get the idea. The result is a unique region that shares culture from both nations. Many towns have German names, the local dialect shares more with the German language than the French, and, unlike other French cities, there is a wonderful Christmas Market every December!









The market surrounds the stunning and huge Gothic cathedral in the center of the city. Every December the cathedral hangs a set of tapestries illustrating the life of the Virgin. They were gorgeous!









It was very crowded and very cold but we had a wonderful evening!