Today was Strasbourgs day to give back to me. Free museum entrance as it is the first Sunday of the month. Checked out the museum of Strasbourg first which presented the history of the town from the old slaughterhouse. Learned Gutenberg invented his press here and that after the Black Plague 1382(?), there was an massacre of 100 Jews who were burned at the stake. The rest were forced to live outside of town and pay tax to enter. There was also a horn that blew at ten at night to let them know it was time to leave. They were still allowed to carry out money lending though. Rough.
Strasbourg was quite an independent and tolerant city in other ways and was left alone by Louis for the most part. Another museum was the archeology museum. My old friends the Romans showed up again and there were several skeletons embedded in glass coffins on the floor. Funny joe people are still very careful not to step on them. A few skulls of people killed with swords are also on exhibit. I can't help but think that it must be strange to be an exhibit in a museum.
The beaux arts museum was filled with religious paintings and was nice but it was really the contemporary museum that I liked. Again, typical pieces such as white canvas with black squares but other good ones as well. I liked the picture of the lady talking to a sailor in a bar with one breast exposed. The lady is looking down as if talking to him and his eyes are on his chest. The title of the piece is "The Dialogue". Another piece had pieces of cut up guitars arranged in a glass box. I wonder what songs they made? There was also a multicoloured piece that looked like a waffle cone. I recognized the Monet pieces before I read the name. I walked to close to an installation of lights in a circle on the floor because the security lady called out to me and then said I was giving her heart a scare because I was walking so close. Funny. I tipped the lady at the coat check since it was free museum day. Maybe trickle down economics works!
I also checked out the covered bridges and then took the opportunity to dry my tent on the grass. There was a slug living on the inside it was so wet. A lady came by on a bike and was sad to see the only way up to the elevated road was by stairs. I offered to help out and she was quite happy. Good deed done for the day! Everything is dry now and stored at the hostel awaiting my return. Brought two bags with me to Berlin. No takers for a couch yet so I've booked a hostel for the first night until I get the lay of the land. Look forward to the train ride tonight. Twenty four hours is a long one for me!
Best news is that all the days on my weather app are filled with sun. Be nice to take in Alsace without the wet! Berlin awaits.