On our last day in Strasbourg we spent the morning walking around the European Union (“EU”) and Council of Europe buildings in town. We had noticed that they were quite close to our hotel when studying a city map after we arrived, but it was when we spotted them from the top of the cathedral that our interest was piqued.
As we walked there, we passed through a neighborhood of lovely single-family homes. We are not used to seeing single-family homes with yards because they are very rare in Paris. When my parents were visiting, my mom asked a few times if any of the buildings we saw was someone’s house and the only one I could point out was the Élysée Palace, which is the official residence of the president of France. We have since run across a few neighborhoods of row houses, but I haven’t seen anything like this in Paris.
As we walked there, we passed through a neighborhood of lovely single-family homes. We are not used to seeing single-family homes with yards because they are very rare in Paris. When my parents were visiting, my mom asked a few times if any of the buildings we saw was someone’s house and the only one I could point out was the Élysée Palace, which is the official residence of the president of France. We have since run across a few neighborhoods of row houses, but I haven’t seen anything like this in Paris.
We crossed a small bridge over the river into a neighborhood of smaller homes that looked more like what I’ve seen on my two excursions to the Parisian suburbs (for an IKEA trip and to pick up a package from a DHL facility).
The last building in the area was the Palais des Droits de l’Homme (Palace of the Rights of Man), the home of the European Court of Human Rights mentioned above. This court rules on applications alleging violations of civil or political rights. Individuals and countries can apply to have their case presented to the court.
