Yesterday was another warm one, not quite as hot as the previous couple of days. In the morning I walked a slightly different route Strasbourg centre-ville to see some of the area I saw from the boat in Petit France at a slightly higher level. I walked round the Modern Art museum then across the Barrage Vauban which was constructed to keep out invader and consists of three large towers. On one of the ramparts of the bridges that go across the river there was a very pretty house which had wisteria all over it. It was the office of a psychologist who dealth with children and their families. The site of the place would make a nice place to go.
I decided to have a traditional Alsatian meal and found a restaurant that specialised in those dishes. It is called a Baeckeofe traditionnel, which is pork with ten spices marinated in Riesling. I thought it was a bit bland in taste and really think that cassoulet has to be my favourite of that style of dish. There are some others I might try while here but they what one would describe as hearty.
My highlight of the day was picking up my car from the rental car agency. It was done all in French even though the woman could speak a bit of English. She was delightful and very helpful. The car is a Citroen C3 and is diesel. So fuel with be cheaper and it won’t use as much. It is a bit quirky to drive but at least it does not have the difficult gearbox of Margaret’s (my sister) Clio. I was hoping to have the latest version of the Clio but no such luck.
Today is Good Friday. Hardly any traffic around as everyone seems to be asleep or doing other things. In France, from what I could read only Alsace has Good Friday as a holiday.
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