The city of Nancy

Dearest friends,


This week we passed through Nancy, in the North of France. Compared to last week, where we were passing through the South and visited cities such as Orléans, Nice, Bordeaux and others, it was quite chilly in Nancy. But, look at it from the brind side: that's again a reason for doing some shopping! :) We very lucky because we found some enormously big shopping malls!


I am going to tell you something more about the city of Nancy, not the arrondissement. (Just to meak clear)

Place Stanislas by night! What a sight!

The city is known for its world heritage buildings: The Place Stanislas (named after the king of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and duke of Lorraine Stanisław Leszczyński), the cathedral of Nancy, the Triumphal Arch and the Place de la Carriere (which are fine examples of 18th century architecture), further there is also a major botanical garden in Nancy, the Jardin botanique du Montet, if you want to take a walk.


Nancy also possesses many museums, but we didn't have a lot of time for visiting them, too bad! 
As Nancy is only a couple hours driving from Ghent, so if I'm feeling like visiting a museum when we're back home, I know just the place!


The European University Centre is also located in Nancy, France. Bordered with the countries of Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg. The European Centre is a historical institute for European Studies. It was created in 1950 and it celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 2000.


Nancy is in the heart of the four European main cities: Brussels, Frankfurt, Strasbourg and Luxembourg, a very strategic place.


The trip from Paris to Nancy was very smooth, because Nancy is very well served by the high-speed train line called ‘TGV East Europe’, which connects the city to Paris in less than 1:30 hours!


So, this was it for this week


Bye mates! Take care


xx
Marlies