The second floor was literally the warmest (it was such a cold day when I visited), not just from heating perspective but also being so colorful, green, and aromatic featuring plants and flowers, including Neto's interactive umbrella exhibit.

On the ground floor was the main exhibit featuring music and sound, of which I particularly liked the below.

   

 This was a very old piece, but did not look like it at all. It is nice to see the longevity in something that I can imagine could easily become conveniently outdated.

Neto in the entryway of the Pompidou

It was such a cold weekend when we visited Metz and it was the same coldness inside Pompidou but Neto's giant exhibit immediately gives you a nice tingly warmth in the entry hall.

Beautiful art nouveau museum in Nancy

It took a while to remember that Nancy was the city of the movement for Art Nouveau. The museum Musée de l'École de Nancy houses the perfect amount of furnitures from that time that we cannot see elsewhere. It was such a pleasure to walk through the number of beautiful pieces, thinking about this very short lived period, which marked its end during World War I. I still remember how I felt as a student how it was such a pity that such a beautiful style went unpopular and extinct, because it was so difficult to combine with other furnitures, which is indeed true.

Nice coffee shop in Strasbourg

There are so many nice cafes and cake places everywhere in this town. This one was in front of our hotel and good for picking up coffee. Cute slogan.

What the Cake
Address: 51 Rue du Fossé des Tanneurs, 67000 Strasbourg, France
Phone: +33 3 69 08 21 41  

Strasbourg

Everyone says it is pretty and has a mideval feel, and indeed it is such a lovely city! The buildings look so Swiss cottage and maintained so perfectly. The food is great as it is France. And the cathedral (apparently took some 6 generations to complete) is a good mix of those in Barcelona, Cologne and Florence (but I never knew of this humble cathedral). We visited a Swedish couple friend last weekend, who literally has the best life quality ever in Strasbourg (location, quality of food, joint maternity/paternity leave, friendliest baby, super nice apartment, the list goes on).

It is also such a luxury to be in a foreign country in a 2-hour car ride. I look forward to coming back and shopping next time (shops were closed on Sunday).




The famous lock.