On the Streets of Strasbourg

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Very few vehicles are allowed in the old city center, yet there can still be traffic jams
A sock store
Cheese shop
Personal items, love the shaving brushes
A shop selling only belts
Fruit and vegetable market
Art shop with only photos of people’s irises.
Used iPhones
Pedestrian only streets everywhere
Outdoor market
Outdoor seating and table space is strictly controlled
Only once have we ever had decent Mexican food in Europe and that was in Edinburgh
Sadly they are everywhere
No doubt what they sell here
This shop stepped up the game hoping to attract more dogs and guys

Strasbourg – A Traditional Lunch

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A beautiful day, a beautiful girl and a very nice setting and a wonderful meal. As good as it gets.
I think it is a cool photo.
She had her usual glass of Riesling
Traditional Flammenkueke
Traditionelle for me, Grantinee for her. Both were very, very good indeed. This restaurant was recommended to us as the best place in Strasbourg for Falammenkeuke.

Strarsbourg – Out and About – Day 3

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We took this shortcut during our morning walk. We always say once we know shortcuts through a town it is time to leave.
There are reflections, then there are reflections
Where is the bridge?
Bridge closing. We never know what we are going see.
Saying goodbye to Petite France
He was a truly great man
Looking towards the University he was so closely associated with.

Guided Strasbourg Traditional Food Tour

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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.

Stop No. 1

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.

Stop 2 (I think)
Here we had a very interesting cheese and meat platter. (Sorry no photo)

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.

History lesson time. I put a red circle around a shell fired by the Germans during the 1870 Franco-Prussian War.
Time capsule on the cathedral grounds. Buried in 1995 to be opened in 3790. Talk about optimism!!!
Knack, pork, sauerkraut and potatoes made for a very good main course.
La Tarte flambée sucrée aux pommes (flammekueche). Calvados was poured over it and ignited to caramelize the top. Yummy good.
A great end to the 3 1/2 hours we spent really learning about the foods and people of the Alsace.
Saving the best till last, here is our awesome guide Marie. She was the very best food guide we have ever had.