~Have you ever eaten Alsatian?~ Strasbourg is an interesting place whose nationality has swung back and forth between French and German due to its proximity to the border and the sometimes rather enthusiastic tendency of its near neighbours to pop over for a visit and decide to stay for a lot longer. Driving around you see road signs to places that it's hard to believe a French tongue can contort itself to pronounce. I was visiting our office in Schiltigheim and we have another in Bischeim - what can I say other than they don't sound very French. Alsace is thus rather special with a culture and heritage quite different from much of France and of course its own ...  Read the complete review