1.”Tell us a little bit about your most recent Untour.” Our most recent UnTours trip was two weeks in Alsace last May/June. It was our fourth UnTours, the others being Provence, Andalusia, and Umbria, in that order over the past few years. Each trip was two weeks. They were all marvelous. We selected Alsace with…
It may be true what they say: “In Europe, one speaks with one’s hands and feet!” and it is certainly true in the gestures that accompany the beautiful French language. Of all the gestures, one has its own name: the Gallic shrug. It gets our vote for one of the most versatile and subtle ways…
From the Alsace region of France, a Tarte Flambée (or Flammeküeche in the Alsatian language, a dialect of German) is unique to this region. That being said, given it’s reliance on heavy cream, bacon and onions, one can discern it’s very French and German roots, like nearly everything else in Alsace! One legend is that…