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Strasbourg Cathédrale
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Strasbourg Cathédrale
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Strasbourg vu d'en haut
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Strasbourg Palais Rohan
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Strasbourg Kammerzell
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Strasbourg Kammerzell
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Strasbourg
Place des Cochons De Lait
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Strasbourg La Petite France
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Strasbourg Winstub
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Strasbourg Ponts Couverts
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Strasbourg Parlement Européen
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Strasbourg Parlement Européen
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Haut Koenigsbourg built by Kaiser Wilhelm when Alsace was part of the German Empire
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Haut Koenigsbourg
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Château de Wasigenstein - Alsace is littered with old ruined fortifications
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Château de Windstein
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Mundolsheim -
the little village I spent a year in
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Mundolsheim Ancien C.E.G. where I taught English on the teacher exchange
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Mundolsheim Nouveau C.E.G.
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Mundolsheim Pignons - houses built characteristically end-on to the road
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Mundolsheim - most of the buildings are former farmsteads
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A traditional wood-clad interior.
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Mundolsheim
Rue Du Général De Gaulle
My home for a year
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Rue Du Général De Gaulle
My room was in an old farmstead built round a central farmyard
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The Freysz family have lived here for generations
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Storks are frequent visitors here in the summer
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Obernai
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Walled towns with gated towers are commonplace in villages in Alsace
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Colmar Rue des Marchands
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Colmar Maison Pfister
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Fête Du Muguet
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Fête Du Muguet
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Vignobles
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Alsace has an important wine-growing tradition
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Vosges Chasse-Neige
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The heavily forested Vosges, the sister range to the neighbouring Black Forest
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Le Lac Blanc
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Point De Vue
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Vosges Panorama
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Plan Incliné Arzwiller
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Plan Incliné Arzwiller
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Ensemble Bartok - a Hungarian dance troupe I joined - here performing in a summer festival
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Ensemble Bartok demonstrated and entertained across the region.
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A reminder that this part of France has a strong German-speaking tradition