Introducing Alsace
Alsace, which is 190km long and no more than 50km wide, is made up of two rival départements (administrative divisions) : Bas-Rhin (Lower Rhine; www.tourisme67.com), the area around the dynamic regional (and European) capital, Strasbourg; and Haut-Rhin (Upper Rhine; www.tourisme68.com), which covers the region’s more southerly reaches, including the picturesque département capital, Colmar, and the industrial city of Mulhouse. Germany is just across the busy Rhine, whose left bank is Alsatian as far south as the Swiss city of Basel.
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Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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Re: Dinner in Colmar and Strasbourg.
by Riesling 05 September 2011
From Random House Webster's: Al-sa-tian (al say'shuhn) adjective: 1. of or pertaining to Alsace or its inhabitants. noun: 2. a…
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RE: Dinner in Colmar and Strasbourg.
by benny_venus 05 September 2011
Thanks Reisling, this is the sort of information I'm after. Just curiousity, I googled Le Baeckeoffe d'Alsace / Petite France and the…
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Re: Dinner in Colmar and Strasbourg.
by Riesling 05 September 2011
I haven't dined there myself for ages, but [Zuem Strissel|http://www.strissel.fr/] used to be considered one of the best traditional…
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