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Edith & Gregor arrive in Strasbourg
and we catch up over lunch and dinner.
Thursday 12th September
2024
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We started the morning with breakfast
at the same place as yesterday. Once again, we enjoyed
it very much and decided that we would return there tomorrow
as well!
Edith and Gregor let us know that they
would be arriving by train from Basel at around noon,
so we resumed our slightly haphazard walking tour in the
morning. Having said that, Geoff was consulting the map
and was intent on ticking off everything that appeared
to be interesting.
We were aiming for Barrage
Vauban. Although we had seen the area briefly yesterday,
we hadn't explored it thoroughly. It is clearly one of
the major attractions in the city and we wanted to do
it justice. Close to the barrage are the bridges and towers
making up Ponts
Couverts.
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The barrage, with its
viewing platform on top. |
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Taken from the roof of
the barrage. |
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Strasbourg Museum of
Modern and Contemporary Art, as seen from the barrage viewing
area. |
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The thirteen birds that
can been seen flying from right to left in this photo are
all the same bird, taken using a video and then combined
to show the path that the bird took... all in about one
second! |
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Here again, the five
birds in the image are all the same bird. |
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Leaving the area of the
barrage, we continued our self-guided walking tour. |
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Edith and Gregor arrived
at our hotel at 12:30pm, as arranged. After a brief catch-up
in the hotel lounge, we all decided that we'd like some
lunch. We walked the short distance to La Corde à
Linge (The Clothesline), an Alsatian Brasserie where we
had had a snack on the day we arrived. |
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The wind was a bit fresh
today, so we opted to sit at a table inside. Gregor ordered
escargot, whereas Edith decided on a small portion of foie
gras, followed by steak tartare.
Not feeling that adventurous,
Bruce and Geoff both opted for the restaurant's speciality
dish, Spätzle,
("Taffetas" and "Feutrine" respectively),
hoping that they would be light and not too filling... hmmm,
well they were delicious anyway! |
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After lunch, we enjoyed
a further walking tour of the city, this time accompied
by E&G before going back to our respective hotels for
a rest before dinner. |
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We met up again for pre-dinner
drinks at a popular bar. |
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This one was taken en-route
from the bar to the restaurant. |
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The restaurant we were going to is described
in the Michelin Guide as follows:-
"Experience local gastronomic specialities
and traditional decor (Renaissance features, posters)
in this restaurant next door to the Musée Alsacien,
with its displays of popular art."
The restaurant is a favourite of Edith
& Gregor's and they had reserved a table several weeks
ahead. Bruce was just hoping that there would be something
on the menu that he could eat!
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Bruce's fears that the
menu might be too "local" were unfounded. Although
there was plenty he wouldn't eat, there were many things
that he would... |
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...starting with this
delicious onion tart. |
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Geoff chose the Cordon
Bleu for his main course. |
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Gregor ordered the choucroute,
which he said was delicious. |
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Geoff had the quetsch
tart for dessert, which he said was equally delicious. |
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Gregor and Geoff each
had grappa to finish the meal, after which we all said goodnight
and walked in different directions to our respective hotels. |
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