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Karen Bussen's avatar

J'adore Strasbourg. My stepson just started université there. And I'd like to add, for those (like me) who really are not big fans of Christmas markets, Strasbourg is a marvelous, gorgeous town to visit any old time!

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Chris O'Brien's avatar

Hi, I totally agree! This was our second trip. I've got a follow up NL coming later this week more generally about Strasbourg. :-)

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Ed Walker's avatar

A long time ago, shortly before we left for Europe I cooked a pork loin from one of the big meat packing places. It was so full of chemicals we couldn't eat it. Thinking of it is unpleasant.

We stayed a couple of days in Strasbourg, in a hotel looking straight at the Cathedral. The first night we went out to a restaurant recommended in a guidebook. I got the choucroutte garnie, and it was the best port I have ever eaten. Part of a chop, a pork sausage, and a chunk of ham. It was fatty and delicious. None of your US lean pork. The choucroutte was utterly unlike anything I ever get in the US; I don't know what it was but I loved it.

Why have I never been back?

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Chris O'Brien's avatar

You should go, absolutely!

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