When people ask me which opera I would take with me to a desert island if I could only take one (I’ve really been asked that), I always say it would be Don Carlos, by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) — but all seven versions. On a visit to Strasbourg in 2006 Read More …
As in Amsterdam, an interesting rainy-day activity in Strasbourg is to take a boat trip around the city. I call it a rainy-day activity because when the weather is nice you will obviously prefer to be out cycling rather than just sitting in a boat. The boats leave from the Read More …
It’s an easy one-hour bicycle ride from Strasbourg to the museum “The Secrets of Chocolate” in Geispolsheim. There you can learn all about the history of chocolate and how it is made from cacao beans. Admission as of 2018 is € 9.50 for adults, which is somewhat steep for such Read More …
They had a brass band on platform 4 of the Gare de l’Est (East Station) in Paris on the morning of June 10, 2007, to give us all a big send-off on the first regularly scheduled TGV train from Paris to Strasbourg on the new high-speed railway line. In addition Read More …