When you're wandering around a French country town the day before Christmas and everything's closed…read moreand not a soul is anywhere to be seen wandering the perfectly picturesque streets, what you want is a baguette and what you want to encounter is a boulangerie. And so I did. I identified it by the line out front, which I was happy to stand in and more than happy to have stood in, once I made off with my brace of baguettes, a clutch of croissants, and one of the most delicious montblanc-style pastries I have ever had. Life is not so bad in Alsace!