Blogs from Luxembourg, Europe - page 3

I was doing some Spanish this morning when today’s itinerary was outlined, so it was a surprise to me when we started to drive up a steep mountain. Today is Luxembourg day but it’s not without detours. We were half way up Stophanberch Mountain when I looked up from my novel when I asked Where are we headed? What started out as a novel, after leaving it on the dashboard of the car in the heat when we visited Freiburg, was reduced to the equivalent of pamphlets.The glue had broken down and each page came away as I turned it. I finished it as we approached Luxembourg so it stays here. Anyway, where are we headed? Haut-Koenigsbourg Castle. The most prominent castle in the district, it covers 1.5 hectares and is built from pink sandstone.It was ... read more

Our flight to Oslo in the evening (but full daylight!) was a short hop back to city life - a fast quiet train from the airport, then a short taxi ride to our Smarthotel, which was centrally located (another thank you to Martin from Destinations Travel for his great bookings). We crashed into bed (it actually got dark for a few hours!) and had a cruisey morning before catching the Hop on Hop off bus to suss out the local sights and ended up at one of the many Maritime Museums - always lots of learn, and a couple of hours were spent amongst world class models of shipping from Viking longships to modern oil drilling rigs. Just caught the last bus back to the city, where we walked the immediate vicinity, had a meal and ... read more

Et oui... ça nous arrive ! à peine rentrés... à peine envie de re-partir... Nous avons eu un très beau mois de mi-mai à mi-juin, chez nous... Et si nous avons déjà avalé un plein de vitamines D..., l'été n'est pas fini pour autant... il ne fait même que commencer ! Des tas de projets en fêtes nous attendent dans les semaines à venir : revoir des paysages, en découvrir d'autres, retrouver des amis ou de la famille, participer à des festivités, en créer une ... il y aura du soleil dans nos coeurs pour vous partager tout cela ! Les photos de ce blog vous donneront notre itineraire... nous le ferons en plusieurs semaines.... et quand nous rentrerons, faudra patienter un petit peu pour nous retrouver sur la route ou dans les airs à nouveau... ... read more

It’s our last day in Luxembourg and not much is happening. Preparation for the trip to Paris, a walk in the heatwave (23°c) that Luxembourg is experiencing, and thinking about returning home are the main priorities. In the past few days we have been taking in the sights and the sites of Old Luxembourg , Vianden Castle, Clervas Castle and the Gardens Of Chateau de Ansembourg. Two days ago , Tim, Sue and I visited the old settlement in the valley surrounding Luxembourg called Pafendall. This literally means the Valley of the Monks and is the oldest residential area of the city. It dates back to the 11th Century when the Benedictines had a large monastery there and controlled most of the valley. Over the years the various occupants of the city included the French who ... read more

Blog Post Take Two: the save function didn’t work, the internet dropped out, about 350 words down the drain. Shouldn’t really say how that makes me feel, but a bit pissed off is just scratching the surface. Deep breathe! Here we go again. The basic plan today was to visit the Duke of Lorraine‘s Castle in Sierra-les-Bains, have some lunch and a look around Thionville, and end up at a large shopping centre on the edge of Luxembourg, where Tim was having a French lesson while Sue and I shopped and waited. I’ve always found it a little unnerving being a passenger in a car, and skooting along wet roads in the grey, cold countryside of Luxembourg hasn’t helped. We were in a Nissan Micra, a car so micro that I couldn’t see the bonnet from ... read more