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Founded in 963, Luxembourg became a grand duchy in 1815 and an independent state under the Netherlands. It lost more than half of its territory to Belgium in 1839, but gained a larger measure of autonomy. Full independence was attained in 1867. Overrun by Germany in both World Wars, it ended its neutrality in 1948 when it entered into the Benelux Customs Union and when it joined NATO the following year. In 1957, Luxembourg became one of the six founding countries of the European Economic Community (later the European Union), and in 1999 it joined the euro currency area. To be updated

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By ZachInDenmark
October 23rd 2009

Luxembourg Europe » Luxembourg

Luxembourg Countryside

So, what perfect way to start off a trip to beautiful France than...wait for it...LUXEMBOURG! Saturday evening, after donning our bussen to France, we watched Amelie, a very crazy French movie, on our way to the southern coast of Zealand. We then boarded a huge ferry, bussen and all and chugged across the Baltic to Germany. It was rough waters that night and we could feel the ferry swaying back and forth! Upon docking in Germany we fell asleep as we drove all night long. The ever lovely Ditte Marie (our fearless leader) woke us up at 9 am the next [View Full Entry]

By CalmingContradiction
October 11th 2009

Clervaux... beautiful land, beautiful people Europe » Luxembourg

Clervaux, Luxembourg
The statue of the American soldier, a thank you from Clervaux which was liberated by our troops.

Of all the places that I visited, I think the one country I would be most excited to go back and visited would be Luxembourg. When we decided to go to Luxembourg we decided to go to a smaller city that not that many people would go to as a change of pace from big city life. Honestly, I think Trebenice gotten under our skin and left a soft little flutter in our stomachs. Driving to Clervaux was an adventure in and of itself. We put Clervaux into the SatNav and it proceeded to take us on a country lane deep [View Full Entry]

By LvL
September 28th 2009

The race before the trek and drinks for the road! Europe » Luxembourg » Luxembourg City

Four days to departure and six to commencing the trek! I can't sleep at night! Wake up in the middle of my dreams! and, dream I do, every night the past week! I never had so many dream nights! Wow! And not all dreams are about the mountains, some are about smaller peaks and valleys, if you know me, you also know what I mean :-P Others are about being chased by wild animals, others are … well … can't write about them here since my family reads it too :-P This past Sunday I run the 'Route du Vin' half-marathon [View Full Entry]

By LvL
September 24th 2009

Backpack Test Drive (9 days to go!) Europe » Luxembourg » Luxembourg City

First test
First test, some adjustmentsw, then head outside!

Last night was the test drive of the 65+15 liter backpack (it's huge!). I loaded 17 kg of junk (inlcuding a few bokks) and went for a one hour walk. First on the flat road along the Moselle river and then up the steep hills amongst the vineyards. The backpack felt great. It sits on the waist and barely feels to touch the shoulders, it pulls them back a bit, only enough to support the pack vertically. It should be fine to carry it for longer periods! 180 euros well spent! [View Full Entry]

By LvL
September 23rd 2009

10 days to go Europe » Luxembourg » Luxembourg City

Learning from the experiences of my esteemed fellow travelers, I have decided to sign up early to the TravelBlog site and get a feel for it from the comfort of my couch, before I am forced to stare at some medieval monitor in the sticks and type on a crunchy/sticky keyboard in a dimly lit cyber café :) There are many interesting features in this site for which there will be no time to learn them on the road, so here I go, begin my travels a whole 10 days ahead of schedule. I also look at it that I extend [View Full Entry]

By Sorry but we are not at home
September 15th 2009

Still in Lux... Europe » Luxembourg » Luxembourg City

Wrapping up in Lux... We're leaving tomorrow and we still don't have a clue how this bl##dy blog works, so let's hope for the best.... Adios, C&A [View Full Entry]

By KHALEH NAZ
September 8th 2009

Luxembourg City-0907-0909 Europe » Luxembourg » Luxembourg City

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LOOKING DOWN AT THE LOWER/VALLEY PART OF THE CITY

Now we are writing in real time... I arrived in Luxembourg City yesterday, Monday, September 7th. Itook the TGV from Gare L'Est of Paris (Thanks to Rodolphe)... am staying at he Mercure hotel in Luxembourg City which is right in frontothe Gare Centrale...The center of the city is about 15 minutes walk...I have t say when I firs entered the city I was not too impressed, but when you walk a little bit more into it...it grows on you...Today i did alot of the touristy thing..the hisory of it is a bit confusing and invloved...everyone has invaded at one point or [View Full Entry]

By allyingermany
September 7th 2009

Travel Anywhere...Luxembourg Europe » Luxembourg » Luxembourg City

Me in Luxembourg

We kept postponing this short trip, but finally decided to make it today; and with all the rerouting we had to do, due to road construction, we were on our way in the early afternoon to Luxembourg. Maybe because it’s the city, and just not knowing the sights to see, it felt like being in Strasbourg, but this time, it was another country. We stopped by the Gare, which is smaller than Strasbourg’s, where I bought some magazines in French and German and some postcards to mail home to family and friends; and then went walking around the city. They speak [View Full Entry]

By Chris Anna
August 24th 2009

Luxembourg? Europe » Luxembourg » Luxembourg City

Luxembourg 1

Ahh Luxembourg. A tiny little country sitting between Germany, Belgium and France. Until 2005, I didn’t even know it existed! Chris has been to Luxembourg for work loads of times and for awhile there, it looked like there was a chance Luxembourg was going to be home for us instead of London. Thank god for that change of plans! Not that Luxembourg is a bad place, not at all! Just not really a place I could see either of us living. During our short visit we managed to explore some of Luxembourg city. It was much, much bigger than I expected. [View Full Entry]

By 2 BLONDES ON HOLIDAY
August 16th 2009

THE LAND OF PLENTY - LUXEMBOURG Europe » Luxembourg » Luxembourg City

WHIMISCAL FOUNTAIN

DAY 127 I take the 8:30 train from Brussels. My travel is only 3 hours this morning and I reach my destination at 11:30. Luxembourg is officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and has a population of under half a million people. Luxembourg is a parliamentary representative democracy with a constitutional monarch; it is ruled by a Grand Duke. It is the world's only remaining sovereign Grand Duchy. The country has a highly developed economy, with the highest Gross Domestic Product per capita in the world. Luxembourg is a founding member of the European Union, NATO, OECD, the United Na [View Full Entry]

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