Passage Vauban: September 28, 2007

Meghan writes...

On Friday, September 28^th, we walked to Passage Vauban, which is very close to Petite France. Passage Vauban is a tunnel that goes over the river Ill. It is very old and it has lots of statues in it. Once you get to the end of the tunnel you go up some stairs and onto a platform. From there, there is a view of Petite France, the Ill River and some battlements that are in Petit France.

In the tunnel there are pigeons nesting in the cracks of the roof. The tunnel is usually dark, but there are windows so in the daytime it is mostly light. Most of the statues in there are half completed. Once I saw the bottom of a horse, then, further down the tunnel, there was the upper half of the horse with a rider on it. It was a little creepy in the tunnel, but mostly just cool to know that you’re in something so old.

When you are at the top, you can see the battlements. They are very big and have little holes at the top, probably for guns to fire out of. On one side of Passage Vauban is the part of Strasbourg that is very old. On the other side is the part that was built after the Passage was. Passage Vauban is very cool to be in.