AUTUMN NAVIGATION and DEGUSTATION

We're back on Soraya currently in Strasbourg about to set off to Luxembourg and southern Germany before returning to Strasbourg for winter. That is if there are no canal closures, breakdowns or whatever, time will tell. Before we set off, a few days of reprovisioning, checking Soraya, carrying out annual water related maintenance, after the hot summer and a bit of degustation of local fare.

You can't go wrong with a pub called 'Academie de la Biere'. It had to be tried.

The bar, should I say pump alley.

With that many beer pumps and the bottled beers, they had a dedicated beer menu extolling the virtues of every beer. It took a while. After all that beer we had to try an Alsace restaurant 'traditionelle'. We heard about Meiselocker, very historic. Verdict. You have to try these things. However, a large bowl of cold thin liquid cheese with cold meat, sausage, raw bacon, onion, garlic and chives with thin roast potatoes did not really hit the spot.

Gourmet Alsace anyone?

I must say the Pinot Gris was excellent.

Tomorrow we will cast off and set off east towards Luxembourg, weather willing as we have just had 2 days of amazing storms. Did I mention the beer?