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Well now those of you who know me know that I believe in giving yourself choices and allowing it to unfold. Should the next leg of this adventure be in Strasbourg, a place I have never seen, OR in Paris, a city near and dear to my heart? Oui?
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Bienvenue a Strasbourg indeed! Yes this is what greeted me on Place Kleber. Should be a good time!
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Bienvenue a Strasbourg! I like it already!
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If you don't want to see performers you can take in a nice little art sale on the main square in Old Town.
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Place KleberStrasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in eastern France and is the official seat of the European Parliament.
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Place Kleber is the largest square in Strabourg and is in the heart of its commercial area. Jean Baptiste Kléber overlooks his square.He was a French general during the French Revolutionary Wars. He retired and then returned to military service to accomp
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Place Kleber and L'Aubette. Its name came from the time when the Garrison Corps came here seeking orders at dawn. This is a main square and leads to Old Town.
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Place KleberIn 2006, the city proper had 272,975 inhabitants and its urban community 467,375 inhabitantsDialing Codes are 0388, 0390, 0368
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Better look up fellas!
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The city's Gallicized name is of Germanic origin and means "Town (at the crossing) of roads". The modern Stras- is cognate to the German Straße / Strasse which itself is derived from Latin strata ("street"), while -bourg (French for "village") is cognate
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Opera House After the ceasefire following the Fall of France in June 1940, Alsace was annexed to Germany and a rigorous policy of Germanization was imposed upon it. When, in July 1940, the first evacuees were allowed to return, only residents of Alsatian
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Have you heard both sides?
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Strasbourg is situated on the Ill River, where it flows into the Rhine on the border with Germany, across from the German town Kehl.
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Fins to gauche Fins to droite /\/\/\
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Palais de Justice de StrasbourgStrasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in eastern France and is the official seat of the European Parliament.
