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Strasbourg | A Journey into a Medieval Fairytale

"While the EU presses 'Enter' here, the Middle Ages refuse to exit the stage of history." ✨ As the canals scatter morning light into sparkling diamonds, the rose window of the Notre-Dame Cathedral awakens 🌹. Its sandstone spire pierces the Alsace sky, and atop 462 steps, the wind carries the chisel marks of 14th-century stonemasons across your fingertips. 🦢 Welcome to Petite France—Strasbourg. 🏠 Timber-framed houses and canals intertwine like quantum entanglement. The Ill River splits into a web here, cradling 16th-century boatmen's warehouses. Half-timbered candy-colored 🍬 houses crowd the canal banks, their slanted attics nearly kissing the water's surface. 🏰 Rohan Palace: A time-bending masterpiece by aristocrats of mixed heritage, where a bishop-prince built three palaces. 🚂 A city of European fusion, where the gentle embrace of steel beasts meets the glass dome. As EU parliamentarians debate, Strasbourg's train station stages a steampunk miracle. 🌿 Strasbourg-style Wandering Rules: ▫ When the carousel 🎠 at Cathedral Square lights up, touch the golden horn of the 7th unicorn 🦄 (legend says it brings cross-cultural romance). ▫ On Saturday mornings, visit the Grain Wharf Market and pick a bottle of rebellious Pinot Gris 🍇. ▫ Every day feels like Christmas in Strasbourg—160 antique shops sell mistletoe and gingerbread hearts 🎄 year-round.
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