This weekend was graciously slow and lazy. Strasbourg was closed because of the NATO summit and the riots and burnings in the streets, so Anne's parents took Anne and I to Colmar on Saturday, a beautiful city much like Strasbourg. It was the birthplace of French sculptor Frédéric Bartholdi, who's most famous and well-known work of art is the Statue of Liberty, donated to the United States in 1886.

We entered the town by way of a round-about, in whose center stood a miniaturized version of the Statue. We strolled through the shopping district for a few hours, and the architecture was amazing. There were buildings with beautiful turrets that hung over the squares, and others whose roof tiles looked more like mosaics. On the way out of Colmar, the center of the round-about hosted a group of protestors - thankfully a much more peaceful bunch than those in Strasbourg - who were holding signs that read, "Liberté pour le Tibet".

Today has been thankfully uneventful - Anne's mother cooked a delicious dinner, more Alsatian cuisine I've only been too happy to try. As picky of an eater that I am, I've yet to eat anything I didn't enjoy.

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