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10 published articles in English.
Things to Do in Strasbourg: What to See, in What Order
Everything worth seeing in Strasbourg sits on one island you cross in twenty minutes. Here is what to do, in what order,…
The Most Beautiful Alsace Villages, Ranked by Access
Riquewihr, Eguisheim, Kaysersberg, Ribeauville and the quiet ones. Which hold the national label, which are film sets in…
The Alsace Wine Route Without a Car: an Honest Guide
170 km of vineyard, seven grapes and a transport network that only half works. What you can genuinely reach from Strasbo…
Alsatian Food: What to Eat, and What to Skip
Choucroute, tarte flambee, baeckeoffe, munster: what each dish actually is, when locals eat it, and the traps that catch…
Things to Do in Colmar: The Day, Done Properly
Colmar is half an hour from Strasbourg and easy to get wrong. The two museums close on different days, and one of them s…
Colmar Christmas Market: What It Is Really Like
Six Christmas markets across one small old town, half an hour by train from Strasbourg, and crowds the photographs never…
How many days in Strasbourg? Two, and here is why
Two days cover the city, three open up Alsace, one works if you cut hard. What fits into each, and the calendar traps th…
Strasbourg or Colmar: which one, and when
Half an hour of train separates them, so the real question is where to sleep and which day to go. The honest comparison,…
Is Strasbourg worth visiting? An honest answer
Yes for most people, and genuinely no for some. What Strasbourg does better than almost anywhere, what disappoints visit…
Where is Strasbourg? France, Alsace, on the Rhine
Strasbourg is in north east France, capital of Alsace, on the German border. How far it is from Paris, from Germany, and…