Today we were almost late getting on the bus because of two of the boys.
We were congratulating the girl who had the foresight to go wake the pair up when one of the boys discovered that he’d lost his passport, rail pass, camera, computer charger, etc..
As it turned out, he had left his bag at a discotheque after having way too many drinks.
We ended up dropping him off in
Strasbourg, whence he took a train back to
Colmar to look for his bag.
He ultimately found it and returned to
Maastricht just in time to leave for
Barcelona with his group, but we wouldn’t know that till later.
Having dumped off the problem child, we continued to Metz, where we took a guided tour of the city. The highlight of our stop in Metz was definitely the Cathedrale St. Etienne, one of the most beautiful churches in the world. The cathedral is currently undergoing exterior cleaning. We also saw the backside of the oldest church in France, dating from the third century! Unfortunately, we did not have time to visit. We ended our tour with an uninspiring fast food lunch at a bad panini shop. Erik had gnocchi, and I had a chicken panino smothered in nacho cheese. How un-Italian!
Cathedrale St. Etienne
This portal had been recently cleaned.
One of the highest naves in the world.
The stained glass has been painstakingly treated so that it can't be shattered by a storm or a stone.
The length of the cathedral.
After Metz, we made our last stop of the trip in Bastogne, where we saw the Battle of the Bulge memorial. I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves.
See Oklahoma there on the left wing?
Looking across the battlefield towards the memorial.
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