2011-10-31 48 7

Mon 31 Oct 2011 in 48,7: 48.5880741, 7.7569918 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

The geohash is in the city of Strasbourg (Alsace, FR).

Participants

TheOneRing - by public transport.

The Expedition

TheOneRing

I haven't been in Strasbourg for years and I haven't go to a geohash in this graticule yet, so this was the perfect opportunity.

In the mornig I went to my office, did some routine work and asked then my boss, if something important was to do. Nope, nothing, so I took a day off, and went by train to Strasbourg (from Berne only 2.5h via Basel, quite comfortable). Unfortunately, the weather was foggy but it did not rain. From the train station it was only 1.6 km (as the dragon flies) to the geohash, which I walked of course. I took the usual photographs and because the district was not very impressive I walked through the city - to took more photos there.

For lunch I had a Tarte Flambee (for the Germans: Elsässer Flammkuchen), which was really really great. Hereby, I encourage everyone to try one in Alsace. I did not take a photograph of it, because it would be mean to show a photo without beeing able to eat one.

I also visitied the cathedral, had a rest and took some photos. After that I walked through the city to the main station and took a train back to Berne via Basel.

Photos

TheOneRing

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  The train station of Strasbourg from the outside

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  and from the inside

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  The train I took

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  The eTrex marks the geohash

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  Proof that I reached the right coordinates...

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  ...on the right date

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  Additional information

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  Stupid Grin

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  A poster at the geohash, advertising for a Jazz festival

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  The cathedral of Strasbourg

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  The portal

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  From the inside

Achievements

TheOneRing earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (48, 7) geohash on 2011-10-31.

TheOneRing earned the Public transport geohash achievement by reaching the (48, 7) geohash on 2011-10-31 using public transit.

TheOneRing earned the Border geohash achievement by crossing the Switzerland-France border on 2011-10-31 to reach the (48, 7) geohash.

TheOneRing earned the Consecutive geohash achievement by reaching 2 consecutive hash points starting on 2011-10-30.

TheOneRing achieved level 5 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Basel, Switzerland and 5 of the surrounding graticules.

TheOneRing achieved level 4 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Zürich, Switzerland and 4 of the surrounding graticules.