What is it like in L'Alsace in France?

Question

french project. please and thanks?

Answer 1

I come from Alsace and been in the Us for 6 years, everytime I go back i re-discover how nice it is there.

For starters it is a piece of France with strong German influence.

The dialect we speak there is really close to German.

It is a plain stuck between the Vosges mountains on the West and the black Forest on the East.The Rein river goes thru it.

I grew up there and really enjoyed the traditions and folklore: there are the Christmas markets, the harvest festivals,the white wines, the gastronomy: a killer sauerkraut, a potato dish called Baekkehoffe (good luck pronouncing that!!!), and a kind of roll made of dough and meat called a Fleischsnakke (litt: the meat rolled in a shape of a snail, my personal favorite).

the symbols of Alsace are: the storks, they are every where in the little villages like Kaysersberg and Munster, the traditional clothing, the women have this hummongous butterfly bow on their head.

for more info, please visit:

http://www.virtourist.com/europe/alsace/...

http://www.zanzig.com/travel/alsace.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alsace

http://trc.ucdavis.edu/french/Alsace/Cos...