Strasbourg - Cittadell

This is a big park in Strasbourg with lakes, the river, playgrounds, pools and goodness knows what else - paradise for children, joggers, cyclists, child-minders....There are swans, people playing boules, badminton and table tennis and something that looks like a cross between fencing and judo.  There are people from every corner of Europe - and beyond - here, due to the European parliament, and the international research centre, and they gather with their multi-coloured, multi-cultural, bi-/tri-lingual offspring in the parks.  OK, so there are no beaches nearby, and the sun doesn't shine every day, but every inch of the city exudes quality of life.  And then there's the bread, and the cakes.  You can even get 'vromika' from the turkish kebab shops that you can find in most neighbourhoods.  We had 'vromika' tonight - donners and pizzas.  You can take the greek out of Greece, but you can't take Greece out of the greek!