Best In Town

Today we got to go to the best restaurant in Strasbourg, France. According to Trip Advisor, La Vignette is #1 out of 1,078 in Strasbourg. Luckily for us La Vignette is only a 20-30 minute walk from the Chateau.

I can now see why La Vignette is rated #1 in the city, it's a beautiful quaint restaurant, where you felt like you were at your grandmothers house.

We started our dinner with a Cream of Mushroom Soup with Croutons in it. I have to say that it was the best Cream of Mushrrom soup I've had, it was so smooth and flavourful.

The Soup was then followed by our main dish, Salmon with diced veggies and red rice with a creamy sauce. I've never has red rice before, but I have to say it will not be my last time, it has so much flavour and it's a whole rice grain so it reminds me of whole grain brown rice. with the salmon and the cream, it was a great combination.

 And for dessert we had Creme Caramel, which isn't my favourite, but it tasted good regardless.
If you ever come to Strasbourg, France you have to go to La Vignette.

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Classic Beer

Since we were in Rothaus, Germany, It would be a waste if we didn't go to the Rothaus Brewery for a tour and a taste.

Rothause has been around for 200 years, and is much loved now as it was years ago. Once a small monastery brewery , the brewery is now owned by Rothaus Baden State Brewery.
Because of strict brewing laws in Germany, Rothaus beer is only made of water, malt, hops and yeast.

I've never been to a beer brewery before, so it was cool to see how it was made, and to see how different Rothaus was to there breweries.

After the tour we were able to get a bottle of beer to taste along with a freshly backed pretzel to eat with it.

There were 3 different types of beer we could choose from: Tannenzäpfle, Pils, Eiszäpfle, and the one I had Radler Zäpfle, which has a lemon taste to it.

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Snow? But Why!?

On our long journey to Rothaus, Germany, I woke up thinking I was back home in Canada. Driving up the mountain of Black Forest, there was at least 5cm of snow covering the ground, and I was not dressed for this type of weather.

It wasn't our first time in Baden Germany, so I was very surprised when I opened my eyes and all I saw was snow upon snow for miles and miles, I couldn't believe it.

Even though I wasn't ready (in my Kevin Hart voice) we made the best out of the situation.
You would have thought we weren't a bunch of Canadians and that have never seen snow in our lives from the way we were reacting.

But to show you how Beautiful it was, here are some beautiful Pictures.

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Maison Lissner

If you know anything about France, then you probably know that it's the land of wine and bread, If Jesus made his way here i'm sure it was one of his favourite places to be.
 With that being said, Studying in France means we do a lot of wine and beer tasting, and by a lot I mean at least once a week.

One Winery that has been super nice to us is Maison Lissner. Since the first week of arriving in France, Maison Lissner was the first winery we were able to wine taste. We have also had the the chance to go to their brewery and see how they process the wine from beginning to end.

A reason why I like Maison Lissner compared to the other wineries we visited is that it's a family business and has been in business since the town it's build in has been founded. The owner Bruno is the 8th generation in his family to own the brewery and he hopes to keep up the tradition and pass it on to his son Theo, who helps his run the business.

Maison Lissner is located in Wolxheim, Strasbourg France.

The city of Wolxheim is a city full of wine vineyard owners, and the whole city shares a 20+ acres of land where they grow their grapes. 

Something that makes Maison Lissner different from the other wineries that we have visited is that they still follow the old fashion way of making wine. They still mostly use wooden barrels to put the wine in for fermentation, instead of the metal ones and they don't disturb the natural essence of the wine, they allow it to flow down to the cellar once the grapes are crushed and any tress and unwanted substance is taken out.

We Also like them because they always give us a lot of wine to taste.

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