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.

Strasbourg – The Ponts Couverts Area

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The Barrage Vauban. We discovered the best way to get there and experience it is enter the south end, walk through the inside. There are some statues that have been removed from a church, including several gargoyles, so it is really a must see, lol. At the north end climb the stairs and walk back to the south end taking in the views of the area.

The interior hallway, I’ll spare any readers of my ramblings all the gargoyle photos I took
The top is not hard to reach and once there it wide open
The cathedral at the center in the distance
The views are so serene

Besides all the wonderful views and sights in the old city section of Strasbourg, it also very small and one can walk from one side of it to the other in only twenty minutes. Of course will all the things to stop and look at it takes far longer. One guide book said you could see all of Strasbourg in three hours. It was a book for tourists not travelers like us who like to stop and savor where we are. The unique blend of French and German culture is something to be experienced, not just seen in passing.