I doubt anyone in the states really knows anything about Nancy, France, but it's definitely a cool town and is worth checking out if you ever make it to Paris (4 hours away). It has the most elaborate and beautiful square/plaza I've ever seen (so far, but I doubt anything is gonna surpass it). Aside from the square there are a bunch of nice restaurants and bars/clubs/discos. We all went out to a special "Cheese" restaurant one night which was fun, because most of their menu items are a cheese featured dish. And you HAVE to make a reservation in advance because the place is apparently always packed, and it was. I thought it was hilarious/delicious that the my French friends got a cheese fondue, in France. haha It was amazing tho. The entire meal was like the greatest thing of my life; until later that night I realized my body cannot handle THAT MUCH CHEESE. Enough said.
Another fun adventure in Nancy was going salsa dancing at their University, for FREE! There were 6 of us in our group, but at least 50 people in the class. And when we arrived there were a ton of people practicing for a flash mob, where they were gonna show up "randomly" somewhere on campus and all break out into the same dance at a certain time. Well, we got their early and decided to learn the dance too which was kinda fun. Listening to instructions in a foreign language that you don't understand is quite the experience by the way. Highly recommended for the Ultimate "Uhhhhh...." It was fun tho, and so was the salsa lesson. Everything was fairly basic so I was able to catch on pretty easily, despite not understanding a word being said. Fun Night! Thanks Caroline and Camille!
Other randomness in Nancy include:
- Getting "angry" for having to pay 7 euro to to my laundry at a laundromat (that's insanely expensive, I'm sorry)
- The food!!! Caroline, Camille, and their roommate did an amazing job of feeding me. From strawberry cake, to fine wine at the cheese place, sangria from a plastic bottle (not bad actually), FRESH coffee all the time, a special homemade cheese/ham recipe Caroline knew from her grandma, dinner at midnight was fun, and a couple other home cooked meals. Thank you soooooooo much. :)
- I sadly missed out on the "sexy doctor's party" the day I left. It was for all the doctors at their school, and for whoever they wanted to invite. Posters were everywhere, people were handing out flyers on campus, it was crazy. And the posters were all of half naked women that said "Hot Medicine" on it. Cracked me up.
- I missed my train the day I left. Showed up at the train station right as it was leaving (i thought it was leaving 10 minutes later...). Either way, it gave me an opportunity to plan for Paris/France/the rest of my trip for two hours
Luxembourg was just ok. I took a day trip there to check out the main city, visit a museum on the battle of the bulge, and check out a cool castle. Everything was nice and all, but maybe traveling by myself or the rainy weather just made it not as cool. Either way, it was a cool day trip, but I wouldn't recommend my adventures to anyone else. I hear there is cool hiking on the eastern side of the country, so maybe I'll check that out next time I'm in Europe. The trip was fun tho, and the highlight was definitely the WWII museum; tho I realized after that I would have probably rather just watched the battle of the bulge episode from Band of Brother (aaaamazing). The castle in Vianden was definitely big and huge and on a hill, but nothing spectacular. Maybe I've seen enough castles now to be like, "Yup, there it is. That's a castle alright." idk Either way, I made it as much of adventure as I could, and after eating at another Kebap place (turkish place I think, which I love for its deliciousness and cheapness) I made my way back to Nancy.
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