The Bourg Bucket List: #14: Go to Kehl, Germany

Happy Armistice Day! Residing in the more victorious country after the first World War, most of Strasbourg’s shops and cafés were closed down in celebration. So instead of being French nationals, my buddies, Alaina and Chinenye and I hopped on a very full bus to Germany to check out our neighbor country… You know, just for the day. No big deal. And I got to cross off number 14 off of my Strasbourg bucket list!

The tiny town was mostly for cheap shopping, which was a nice break from the expensive-ness of the Bourg.

A typical German church, with it’s pointy gothic arches. It was already all decked out for Christmas! Major plus side to being in Europe in November is seeing the holiday cheer up so early.

We saw some pretty interesting sights at some of the shops.

Here was an…..interestingly titled store we found.

Some local footwear.

In short, our visit, although very short was pretty interesting. There was a lot of commotion in the town since it was a holiday, meaning there were many tourists out and about which made it hard to move around since the crowds were large and uncomfortable at times, but on the bright side there was a cute little fair with music, dancing and cotton candy! We also found a super cheap beauty supply store and I scored some cheap products. Overall, it was a pretty successful trip over to our neighbor Germany! Only in Strasbourg can you hop the border in 10 minutes to spend the afternoon in a whole other country. More reasons why I’ll miss my Bourg!