Category: France

🇫🇷🇹🇳 Phalsbourg 🥘
A new culinary discovery this evening in Phalsbourg, Moselle. The Royal Djerba Tunisian Restaurant, which I highly recommend. For starters, I had brik, a Tunisian specialty. A royal couscous (chicken and lamb) with vegetables and merguez sausage (served separately, of course). A homemade chili sauce, followed by mint tea, a must-try. As for drinks, they…

🇫🇷 Farébersviller (La Table Alsacienne)
Tonight, a new discovery: the Hotel Restaurant “La Table Alsacienne” in Farébersviller, Moselle. They offer several homemade culinary specialties from the Moselle and Alsace regions; it’s hard to choose between foie gras, snails, quiche Lorraine, vol-au-vent, calf’s head, sauerkraut, and baeckhoffe. For me, it’ll be snails as a starter, followed by buewespätzle. Absolutely delicious. View…

🇫🇷 Bousbach – Beer Festival (Oktoberfest)
🇬🇧 Bousbach – Beer Festival (Oktoberfest) This Sunday afternoon, the town of Bousbach (57460) celebrated its traditional Beer Festival – Oktoberfest at the Espace Loisirs (7 rue Jeanne d’Arc). A super friendly atmosphere, with entertainment provided by DJ Yannick, and traditional Bavarian music, just like at the Munich Oktoberfest. Refreshments and food available on site:…

🇫🇷🇩🇪 Spicheren Heights and Wotan Bunker
I’m taking part in the guided tour of the Spicheren Heights site from 2:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on the border between France and Germany, organized by a passionate guide and the Forbach Tourist Office. One of the first battles of the Franco-Prussian War took place here on August 6, 1870, as well as bombing…

🇮🇹 At the Golden Dragons (Forbach)
Delicious Vietnamese meals at very affordable prices: fried wong-tong, spring rolls, shrimp/pork dumplings, Vietnamese funkos, shrimp fritters, bo-bun. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Italia57 (Alex) (@italia57.fr)

🇫🇷 Metz : FC Metz – Angers Match
A great atmosphere was in the air this afternoon at the Stade Saint Symphorien for the Ligue 1 match between FC Metz and Angers. Jean-Philippe Gbamin opened the scoring for Metz (14′), but Angers equalized from the penalty spot at the very end with Himad Abdelli (90′). View this post on Instagram A post shared…

🇫🇷 Cadenbronn
Magnificent sunset in Cadenbronn, near Nousseviller-Saint-Nabor in Moselle. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Italia57 (Alex) (@italia57.fr) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Italia57 (Alex) (@italia57.fr)

🇫🇷 Eguisheim
We wake up peacefully at Camping Des Trois Châteaux, across from the vineyard. Head to the village for the second day of the Winegrowers’ Festival in Eguisheim, Alsace. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Italia57 (Alex) (@italia57.fr) In Place Saint-Léon, we attend the official ceremony and speeches for the Winegrowers’ Festival…

🇫🇷 Eguisheim Winegrowers Festival 2025
I attended the 63rd Eguisheim Winegrowers Festival in Alsace, the weekend of August 30th and 31st, 2025. For accommodation, I booked the Camping Des Trois Châteaux, perfectly located right next to the village. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Italia57 (Alex) (@italia57.fr) I recommend exploring Eguisheim by getting lost in the…

🇫🇷⚽ Match Metz – Strasbourg
Eastern Derby: FC Metz Grenats versus RC Strasbourg. Great atmosphere, tifos, powerful chants, Kops in full swing. Unfortunately, FC Metz lost to their Alsatian rivals, the final score 0-1 with a goal from Joaquin Panichelli in the 86th minute. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Italia57 (Alex) (@italia57.fr)
