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Comment by Valerie d'Aubigne on February 17, 2010 at 7:24pm

j'aimerai partager un de mes jardins preferes en Alsace...
Le jardins des papillons.

Comment by Douglas Maxwell Herman on January 23, 2010 at 10:30pm

Bonjour à tous!
--- J'aimerais énormément apprendre à parler alsacien, mais je ne sais pas par où commencer...quelqu'un pourrait peut-être me donner des indications sur des livres à consulter?? L'idéal serait de suivre un cours mais je ne sais pas s'il y en a à NY. J'irai même jusqu'à demander si quelqu'un qui le parle courramment voudrait bien me faire des cours personnellement; serais prêt à parler rémunération surtout si cela intéresse quelqu'un qui a des expériences dans l'enseignement.

Comment by Benjamin Reed Phillips on December 6, 2009 at 6:41pm

Bel evenement. Merci a Katherine pour l'avoir fait toutes les projets, et a tout ce qui m'ont montre un tel accueil chaleureux pour lequel les Alsaciens sont connus.

Comment by EliseVogel on November 22, 2009 at 7:18pm

Que fait l'UnAl concretement a New York? J'aimerais enormement participer.

Comment by Amandine Gaspard on July 7, 2009 at 11:27am

Riesling, beers, schnapps.. welcome to Alsace !

Alsace is an important wine-producing région. Vins d'Alsace (Alsatian wines) are mostly white and display a strong Germanic influence.
Alsace produces some of the world's most noted dry rieslings and is the only région in France to produce mostly varietal wines identified by the names of the grapes used (wine from Burgundy is also mainly varietal, but not normally identified as such), typically from grapes also used in Germany. The most notable example is gewurztraminer.

Alsace is also the main beer-producing région of France, thanks primarily to breweries in and near Strasbourg. These include those of Fischer, Karlsbräu, Kronenbourg, and Heineken International. Hops are grown in Kochersberg and in northern Alsace.

Schnapps is also traditionally made in Alsace, but it is in decline because home distillers are becoming less common and the consumption of traditional, strong, alcoholic beverages is decreasing.

Comment by Amandine Gaspard on July 7, 2009 at 11:22am

How do you know Alsace ?

Alsace is the smallest region in metropolitan France, but also one of the most densely populated region in France. Alsace is located on France's eastern border and on the west bank of the upper Rhine adjacent to Germany and Switzerland. The political, economic and cultural capital as well as largest city of Alsace is Strasbourg.

The name "Alsace" derives from the Germanic Ell-sass, meaning "Seated on the Ill"[1], a river in Alsace. The region was historically part of the Holy Roman Empire. It was gradually annexed by France in the 17th century under kings Louis XIII and Louis XIV and made one of the provinces of France. Alsace is frequently mentioned in conjunction with Lorraine, because German possession of parts of these two régions (as the province Reichsland Elsaß-Lothringen, 1871–1918) was contested in the 19th and 20th centuries, during which Alsace changed hands four times between France and Germany in 75 years.

About 39% of the local adult population are fluent in the Alsatian language.