NATO cancels petanque

The 60th anniversary of NATO is being celebrated in Strasbourg on Apr 3-4. The big news is that Obama is coming and bringing 850 of his closest friends with him for the fete.

It affects us too. We cannot get access to the city centre because we live 10 metres too far. Not even a little exaggeration. Had we lived across the 10 m bridge, we could've had access to downtown, and thus the best baguette place I know (which also, I recently discovered, makes kick ass almond croissants), the grocery store (and yes, there are others but this one is the cheapest and most convenient), and the source for all things gluten-free (this one will easily be remedied before the doors officially close). The only way to get access is if you live in the city centre. So there are people at Axel's school whose girlfriends do not live in the city and thus have had to cancel their visits.

And here's how it affects the rest of the city. This email is from Axel's school.
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NATO summit: Things to know:



4000 journalists, 40000 inhabitants with badges, 50000 barriers, 30000 anti-NATO demonstrators…



Only the inhabitants and those who get a badge can have access to the orange zone. The green points are the entries of this zone. Police controls at every entries.



The sewers will be temporarily closed, the garbage cans removed, the advertising hoardings in the bus stations under high control or closed.



1000 firemen with 300 vehicles.



More chlorine in the water (only in some specific areas), to avoid hostile actions…



Many institutions will be closed (see the list in the attached document):



-Schools

-Swimming pools

-Stadium

-Gymnasium

-Tennis court

-Petanque areas

-Other



Road abnormalities



Airport will be closed on Saturday afternoon



Train station: No train from Strasbourg to Kehl on Saturday from 0:00 to 10:15 am (replaced by buses)



No boats



Border controls on the Kehl Bridge from 20 March to 5 April.

In anticipation of Obama's Strasbourg visit...

...we must be caught up on all things real 'merican. This post is dedicated to Chris, our friend who found jesus on an almond.

Finally can't get some air

Yesterday and before yesterday were our last exams for ISU!  Whoohoo!...let's hope I passed.  Anyway this called for some celebration, went out with some good vegetarian with some good friends.  Poel de Carrot is the place to go if you need some vege food with some Vancouver grooves.  

Then the next morning I was able to give my poor bike some much needed attention, and go for a good four hour ride.  Started by riding down to just about Selestat, then took this ferry over to Germany and rode through a bunch of weird sounding towns along the way.  Also, as usual rode through a festival...pretty much every Saturday that I ride one of the towns has got some major festival, and they all think I'm part of the procession..so yeah I was doing some waving. Anyway here a few picks from the ride..sorry didn't get any from the festival..

QUIZ:

 which Ferry is in BC and Rhine river?  

Some Weird bikes

Barbeque time on the Rhine river...check out the 

Solar panels.  Pretty cool.