Emile and Monique Jung were born in the alsacian oven. At 24 years: younger spangled France, they feel lost in this small village of Maseveaux to the borders of the Vosges; the valley does not lead to nothing. In 1971, they decide to sell, buy the " Crocodile " and to settle definitively in Strasbourg. Monique, muse inspiring of the restaurant 3 stars, becomes voluble when it is a question of making feel the atmosphere of Strasbourg.

For me, two symbols are this the city : "Notre Dame cathedral" and the "Petite France" . If I goes away a few days, I miss the cathedral enormously, but as soon as I find it, I know that I am at home ". True book open on Medieval Art, the cathedral of Strasbourg presents over four centuries, the stylistic evolution of the roman to the blazing Gothic. Fragile hearts to abstain from! by interminable steps you reach punt forms outside, to enjoy an exceptional sight on the house Kammerzell, pharmacy of the Stag and on the openwork roofs of the of tanner 's houses.
At the interior of the worthy cathedral, still the astronomical clock. It dates from the 14th century is it is a museum in oneself. The ringing of midday is followed by the procession of the apostles in front of the Christ whom they greet and which blesses crowd after the passage of the last. During the procession, by three times, the cock starts to sing. Various elements are remarkable: the celestial sphere, the planet gear, the lunar sphere and the whole of the decoration of the dresser of the broad clock of 7,30m and 4m top. Like Venice, Strasbourg must be visited in walking, at the good time and early, when the hordes of tourists did not show their muzzle yet. Spring time, 8h am.
Plunge in the lanes which turn around the cathedral, you will have been filled with wonder by the beauty at the old residences and the greeting at the craftsmen at the district. To smile, kindness, make the reputation of the alsacian people for a long time. Along the banks of Ill, you arrive in the sector of " Petite France". Batterhüs in german, or Old people's home of the syphilitics, was founded in Middle-age to isolate syphilitic sick by the " French evil". Street of Dentelles to the Covered Bridges, the decks are connected by a maze of small links which span the river with, around, the colombages houses. Built in corbelling, their roofs were bored to support the drying of the skins, when different lights, the reflections of the setting sun on the tiles punts, take extraordinary hues.
How not to be moved by the winter first flakes, floating in a felted and flocculent atmosphere, the Covered Bridges relative of a diaphanous snow. Can one forget this marvellous strolls spring under an azure sky, when the rays of the sun draw the contour of the houses of " Petite France".
Taking a boat, the approach of this cultural inheritance is interesting, it makes it possible to observe perfectly the Vauban fortifications, which shelter the original statues of the cathedral.

Passion by natural products since the 15 years age, Monique Jung run each saturday morning towards the market bio of the Palate of Rohan. " I cannot do without this avalable good child and the powerful odor of the aromatic plants ". It fills its basket with dairy of the farm, local pots, honey or delicious made jams " house ", go to its kitchen.
The alsacian happy few, did you know it? They knew to preserve medieval liveliness and the respect of traditions which go until offering feasts in a winstub, to even celebrate a burial. These restaurants with wine offer a good occasion to discover alsacian type of vines. Pinot (gray and white), Riesling, tokay, gewurtztraminer, muscatel, accompany the traditional dishes such as, the torta, the baeckeofe, the foie gras or sauerkraut.
If one is tried by alsacian beer, it is imperatively necessary to return visit the "Three Brewers". An original place, where one just drinks brown ale brewed on the spot behind the bar. The consumers see the various stages of making of beer, while tasting a "tarte flambée", with in bottom, the music diffused by a group playing in the vault. To preserve a little environment, set out again with a barrel of 5 liters under the arm, but do not shake it too much, if not it will be transformed into foam.