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Europe » Luxembourg » Luxembourg City April 7th 2008

I just got done exploring my sixth European country--Luxembourg! What a blessing this day trip has been. Last night I was feeling worn out and wasn't sure about making the long journey. When I woke up this morning early to the sound of my neighbor's loud music and checked my watch, it was just a few minutes after eight. For some reason I was renewed about the idea of the trip, jumped out of bed, packed quickly for the day and was off on my journey on the 9:09 am train. Jesus blessed me with a renewed strength and perspective on taking the trip. The opportunity to jump out of bed and travel to another country isn't one that I'll always have! Luxembourg didn't let me down one bit. It's beautiful with an interesting mix of ... read more
Notre Dame of Luxembourg
Valley Park Flowers
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Europe » Luxembourg » Luxembourg City March 24th 2008

Cette entrée apparaît un peu tard (la grippe a touchée toute la maisonnée!) aussi chers lecteurs nous vous conseillons de relire notre dépêche de Verdun, vous vous en régalerez de nouveau d'ailleurs! Ainsi, pour revenir de notre pèlerinage à Verdun, nous avons choisi de faire un cours détour par le Luxembourg ... Un pays que l'on peut traverser en moins de 2 heures:o))))). Nous ne sommes donc restés que quelques heures à Luxembourg City. La ville est belle, c'est un vrai paradis (fiscal). Sa situation géographique est spectaculaire, perchée sur un rocher entouré par deux profondes vallées se rejoignant. Ses bâtiments à la fois médiévaux et modernes occupent à la fois le centre surélevé, les falaises, les vallées et hauteurs extérieures et ses ponts traverses le ciel à de multiples endroits. Très propre, très verte, très ... read more
Le Palais Grand-Duchal
Vue d'une des places du centre-ville
L'île du centre-ville

Europe » Luxembourg » Luxembourg City February 20th 2008

We only had one night to spare for Luxembourg so it’s pretty lucky that it’s another of the ridiculously tiny countries of Europe. It’s about 2500 km2 stuck in the middle of France, Belgium and Germany that’s been fought over for centuries but is now the only independent Grand Duchy in the world. We caught the train from Brussels and arrived in a mysterious fog that made the capital seem like a fairytale kingdom which in some ways it is. Luxembourg City is perched on top of a hill with stone fortresses surrounding it and beautiful turreted buildings that look like they could hold sleeping princesses. We walked around to our hostel which was very modern before exploring the town. The next morning the mist remained as we explored the fortress and down into the garden ... read more
Hiking around to our hostel
View at night
On top of the fortified city

Europe » Luxembourg January 17th 2008

So I finally got around to finding this site where I guess I can put pictures and write a little bit about what is going on over here... infinitely easier than trying to email everyone! Here is a little re-cap for anyone that my mother has not contacted (probably multiple times- love you mom!): The flights here went well even though we were delayed 2 hours in Newark and I couldn't really sleep much. Oh well, we landed safely and I had both my bags so life was good. I somehow made it through the whole day and crashed at about 8pm Luxembourgish time and the 12 hours of sleep seemed to do the trick because I had almost zero jet-lag. Orientation started the next day and basically consisted of a lot of pretty boring lectures ... read more
WWII Memorial- German
Lux City
Vianden Castle

Europe » Luxembourg » Luxembourg City November 25th 2007

So, took the train, nice and fast and got to Luxembourg where I met Ombeline, a very nice CS host! Anyways, got to her place and it was late and the next day there is a tour back to Riems in France!!! The tour was free haaa!! organized by her bank!! so nice!!!! Riems is very famous for Champange and a nice cathedral.......some other nice mornuments...... We toured the Piper Heidsieck Champange factory....and WOW...its like Disneyland!!!! they had this little train cart thing that took us on tour to this HISTORY of champange making.... of course, lots of advertising as well...HAAAAA!!! But it was fun! Then a whole round of Chamànge tasting.....ummmm.......I did get a little drunk..but they were good.....haaaa!!!!!! The Cathedral looked like the NotreDame in Paris...same kinda style...the inside was ok.....wasnt THAT amazing... The ... read more

Europe » Luxembourg » Luxembourg City October 23rd 2007

Two hours regular ('regular' = 120 km/h) driving in a southerly direction moved us from Amsterdam, cross an invisible border and into Belgium. We were on a three-day road trip with Mama Marcia and Ton and Brussels was within our sights. But Ton insisted that Arthur, an old friend, was the ideal person to demo the city to us. Arthur was easy to like. He was a smart older man with an awefully funny dry sense of humor. His sharp, inquisitive eyes surveyed us thru big spectacles. Arthur was driving now and he pulled up in front of 'The Atom' - an interesting building built for the 1958 World Expo. Now revamped into exhibition halls, museums and restaurants, the sci-fi structure is a replica of an iron atom magnified 165 billion times. Into Brussels proper we ... read more
Manneken Pis
Border 1
Heart of Brussels

Europe » Luxembourg » Luxembourg City October 15th 2007

Gudde Moien! As you probably realized from the greeting, I have left Germany. I'm now in Luxembourg (the world's last sovereign Grand Duchy) where Luxembourgish is the most commonly spoken language of the official three - French and German being the other two. Luxembourg is an amazing little country of less than half a million people. Despite its small size, there is nothing simple or even ‘quaint’ about Luxembourg. The architecture is massive and ancient, the city is well laid out, and the streets are filled with incredibly nice cars. (Not surprisingly, Luxembourg does have the highest GDP per capita in the world.) I saw the parliament building, which is right next to the Grand Ducal Palace, so I can now check this country off my list of world capitals I've visited. I also made the ... read more
Around The Corner
Intricate
Crest

Europe » Luxembourg October 6th 2007

We rented a car for the weekend and set out with a plan to explore a little more of Luxembourg and see one castle in particular in Belgium. By the time we got going this morning, got the car, situated the girls in the car and scoped out the map for the eighth time it was almost 10am. We set out towards Luxembourg and the little town of Esch sur Sure. We anticipated about a 2 hour drive; what we didn't anticipate was Abigail puking two times on the way there. Ugh. Luckily she warned us and didn't get herself too messy. The girls entertained themselves fairly well on the way there between books, food, mp3 players and Leapster games. The scenery was beautiful all along our ride, but especially as we approached and entered Luxembourg. ... read more
Eliza and Jonathan
View from the tower in Esch
Tower in Esch sur Sure

Europe » Luxembourg » Luxembourg City September 24th 2007

Ok, so we only came for the cheap fuel, but we decided to at least stop off in the capital, Luxembourg City and see what we could. Holly had driven into town which seemed quite nerve racking for her. We had decided to do a quick self guided stroll around town. After an hour we had seen a few little public squares, the royal duchy palace plus a few look outs which had a great view down to the valley surrounding the city. Unfortunately we didn't have anymore time as we still have quite some travelling ahead of us to get down to Munich for Oktoberfest. Never-the-less it was a nice little stopover in one of the smallest countires in Europe. Cheers, Lew and Holly... read more
Grand Ducal Palace
Commanding Position
Cathedral of Notre Dame

Europe » Luxembourg » Vianden September 8th 2007

...or Day Two in a Baby Country...We all slept soundly in some very comfortable beds at the Novotel Hotel in Luxembourg City. I woke around 7:45 and went out for a quick run. I ran back down the route we took walking last night because I wanted to see the viaducts from below. There was a fog over the city but the views down there were spectacular. It was a whole new look at the city and the bridges so I cut my run short and ran UP, UP hill to get Jonathan out of bed to take some photos. He was up with the girls when I returned and he quickly showered and ended up walking down with his parents. Deb and I took the four girls to the buffet breakfast. I knew full well ... read more
Vianden Town Hall
Castle in Vianden
The Family




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