Nancy. The Freyburger family, a dynasty of ice cream makers, present at Place Stanislas and at the Pépinière

The meeting was arranged at the Nursery, next to the rides, facing the rose garden. Because that's where Grandma holds her post. But we could just as easily have met them at Place Stanislas. The Freyburger family's other address in Nancy.

There are three of them today, worthy representatives of a fairground dynasty. With Julien (25 years old), Bruno (59) and Mamie, alias Liliane (85 years old, 71 of which were spent making waffles!) . All that's missing is Pauline, the daughter, who should eventually take over the company's destiny.

Waffles and ice cream have been their daily fare, in fact, ever since Jean-Claude, the patriarch, founded the shop at La Pèp, then created the annex on Place Stanislas in the late 1980s. Since then, the gluttony of probably millions of strollers has been satisfied, in...

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