The food is a mixture of French and Alsacien, with a strong German feel. Brent had a kougelhopf sucre, which is a light, soft bun shaped like a brioche, mixed with almonds and sultanas and dusted with icing sugar. There was a savoury version, lard and oignan, but I'm not sure about this lard business.
Checked into the Hotel Beaucour; a charming, brightly coloured building, with window boxes spilling over with red geraniums. Pretty typical of Strasbourg buildings.
We were very close to the centre of town and from our room, which had windows facing the street, had a view of the gorgeous, pink sandstone cathedrale from our window.
Explored the Petite France area, which is an old area of town with picturesque, half-timbered buildings and is criss-crossed by canals of the Ill river. This area of Strasbourg was once the home of fisherman, millers, and tanners who used the steep loft roofs for drying hides.
Had lunch in Petite France at - you guessed it - the Kougelhopf Cafe. We played it pretty safe with our choice, but on offer were tempters such as potted goose meat, duck pie and plenty of choucroute (sauerkraut). The "Choucroute Formidable" is made with 10 varieties of meat and sausage! I opted for galettes (potato fritters) with green salad, because this left room for dessert - all sorts of cherry pies, apple strudel, black forest type cakes.
Although the day was beautiful, the wind was icy and kept the air cold - 5 degrees when we arrived. I had to buy socks at the supermarche!
Strasbourg apparently has a fine university for medical and science students. We saw many of the students around town in their lab coats, all hand-decorated with cartoons and words of uni student wisdom and, in the case of the medical students, various parts of anatomy. They made an interesting picture as they rode their bicycles en masse around the streets.
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Strasbourg looks very interesting, and certainly colourful with those uni students in their lab coats on their bicycles - 5 degrees, though, that is c o l d. L&G
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