La Petite France, Strasbourg

One of the best cities in France. The busy bikes and rivers reminded me of Amsterdam, however Strasberg is less crowded and a clean, well designed, well mannered city with a medieval touch. It’s very comfortable to walk around as there plenty of shades and public seats provided, you can even find a cooling area where they moisturize the hot air with sprays of water. Look at the small playground among the bridges, I rarely seen such a creative playground with woods to climb up and down, a rounded seat swing which children can lay down, a boat shaped slide that actually looks fun to play with. The clever part is that the area is for everybody (elderly, adults, children). There’s a rectangular sandy place for adults to throw balls at (not sure what game it was). And people resting under the tree or around.

La Petite France is a very nice quarter of the city. No cars allowed, oldest preserved buildings standing but not the oldest quarter of the city. They started to build the city in the centre and then made the centre bigger and bigger. So Münsterplatz is the oldest part. Isn't it weird that it is named like that because we are already in France, right? So the name came (very romantic) from the sickness syphilis, that was first named the Napoleon sickness, then the FRENCH sickness and after that syphilis. So that's the small romantic story behind this beautiful name. For me the nicest part of Strasbourg.