Nice town, 65 km south. Birthplace of Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi , creator of the statue of Liberty, the one in New York (several others aro...

Local Alsatian food, a mix of German and French culinary traditions. More about it here .  

Alsatian fruit brandies. Pear, cherries, raspberry, yellow mirabelle plum, quince. To be drunk with moderation!!! Specially with heatwave we...

Mural inside the tunnel of the Saint Louis train station, southern Alsace, near Basle, Switzerland. More Monday Murals here , to your perusa...

15 degrees C this week... Should be around zero, at the end of December. Never mind, enjoying the very unusual weather, all doors and window...

I am not into glitter, lights, and so on. I prefer this kind of Christmas decoration. Simple. 

Nice day out in Obernai, needed to go out of town, cabin fever...I went there by train, using my senior citizen discount railcard for the fi...

The valley of the river Rhine, seen from the Vosges mountains, just above Kintzheim village. The German Black Forest in the back, underneath...

Traditional Alsatian kugelopf  (many ways to write it), originally eaten for Christmas. You can get them (or make them) anytime and everywhe...

Alsatian woman wearing the traditional costume. More Monday Murals right here .  

This has to be the quirkiest mailbox I've ever seen in France.  

Well, I'm not a vegetarian... But I do love veggies! The region is extremely fertile.  

The stork is the symbol of Alsace.  Well, we all came to this life carried by Air Cigogne, after all! No cabbages involved! LE symbole d...