Whirl Wind tour of Luxembourg

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Driving into Luxembourg we didn't really know what to expect. We arrived at the campsite and were pleasantly surprised. The campsite was beautiful. It reminded us of the campsite we stayed in at the Blue Mountains. It was so well maintained, with beautiful green manicured lawns to park on, lovely forest surrounding, and fantastic amenities. These toilets/showers were the cleanest public amenities I have ever seen, including AUST. You could eat off the floor they were so clean, they were heated, and even played Celine Dion music in the background.

Our first evening in our campervan was great. We hung our Aussie flag on the outside of our van, and despite the camp being virtually empty, one other group saw our flag and come over - Kiwis! We met Tony and his wife Jenny, who were travelling around for 3 weeks in a campervan only slightly bigger than ours - but - there were seven of them- In one campervan! Tony and Jenny have five children, however they had only two of their own (around our age) and their partners and a couple of the kid's friends. It was one big party Van. They were so lovely, and even came over later and hand delivered some fresh strawberries bought in Brussels earlier that day. So we have decided the flag hanging is a good idea - what a great way to meet others.

We spent the next morning siteseeing Luxembourg. What Luxembourg lacked in excitement, it made up for in ancient beauty.We toured the old section of the town, and also walked throught the Casemates. Luxembourg is a town that has been torn apart by war over the last couple of hundred years. Being right on the boarder of France and Germany it was declared a 'neutral ground' but during WW2 was destroyed by Nazi bombings etc. Today the city thrives with the banking/financial industry being the primary industry (another tax evasion country I think?). With a lot of the old buildings having been destroyed, the 'old town' areas are well preserved and/or restored. In fact much of the casemates that are beneath the city are currently being restored. The casemates are tunnels cut all through the mountain and within the huge wall that once surrounded the city for protection. These caves/tunnels were home to soilders in the 1700s and again during WW1 and WW2.

After returning to the campsite, Kellie had a bit of a nap, before we headed off to ....France!

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Photos

Our first campsite
We parked our camper for the first time.

working working
Craig's new office

petite dejuner
Our first breakfast - delicious french pain au chocolat and croissants with honey freshly made this morning

forest
Beautiful forests suround the camp ground

Craig in Lux
Craig standing in the main square of the old town in Lux

Many statues
Luxembourg is filled with many works of art

Beautiful gardens
The gardents of Luxembourg are carefully maintained - beautiful

Lux Tourism
Throughout the town in key locations of tourist interest, is the Luxembourg Tourism representative - a blue reindeer

monument
This monuement was destroyed by the Nazis in WW2 - and so the reconstruction and restoration of this statue over the coming 30 years now represents the people of Luxembourg and their pride in their country.

Beautiful Valley
Luxembourg has many amazing views

Pride in country
Their pride shows, with vigourous maintanance of all their gardens

A giant bell
This giant bell was in the courtyard of an old church

European Easter
The past few days we have seen some beautiful displays in stores etc for Easter, really traditional warm displays. This was in one of the backyards of a building in old lux

Casemates
Down down down she goes into the depths of the casemates in Luxembourg

Views of Lux
View from the top of the town's original big brick boarder

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[Jo-Anne]

Luxemborg
Will be following in your camper tracks as we leave Netherlands for Luxemborg on the 28th of April - enjoying our first night there in the camper!