Baden-Baden (Germany)

Dominique sent another great postcard from Germany (this is the twelfth!), this time explaining to me an interesting fact about Alsace. Apparently, Good Friday (Vendredi Saint) is a holiday in region, unlike in the rest of France, due to a commemoration of the Bismarck Regime. Due to this, many Alsatian people take advantage of the long weekend to travel to Germany to do some shopping and sight-seeing, especially in the Catholic areas where shops and restaurants stay open (in contrast to those in Protestant areas)!