One of the first things we like to do when in a new city is to take a food tour. We were originally scheduled for a tour stating at 10:45 this morning but the guide could not do it, so they offered to do an evening tour starting at 6:00 pm.. We don’t have any idea about who the guide might have been for the morning tour, but there is no way they could have been as good as Marie, our evening guide. Below is a sample of some of the foods we tasted.

Disclaimer: We got so into the food tour that we sometimes forgot to take photos of where we were and what we were eating. We will blame it on Marie as she made everything so informative and interesting that we simply forgot about taking photos.

Bretzel d’Alsace, plain, with cheese and with cheese and meat accompanied by Riesling wine. A great way to start our food tour.

For the first time, I began to understand the nuances of all the different types of dried sausages. Maybe the problem has been I buy them in a super Marché rather than in a specialty shop.

One interesting tidbit we learned here was about how the French eat in the summer months. Everyone eats outside. If you go inside the establishment it will seem to be deserted., yet it is actually very busy.