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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 kiwikatie
February 5th 2009

Life in Luxembourg Europe » Luxembourg » Luxembourg City

Life in Luxembourg...there is also so much more to my experience here in Luxembourg besides just my weekend travels. A host family, classes, and public transportation take up my days during the week. In my host family I have a host mom, Claudine, a host sister, Mandy, a host brother, Yannis, and 3 dogs, Serko, Ricca and Saphira and a cat, Dutchess. They all are very welcoming. They have been hosting students for the last 13 years. They take two students every semester and over the summer as well. Claudine and Mandy speak English pretty well and Yannis and Kursh, Claudine's [View Full Entry]

By Krunch
January 25th 2009

Lux with Bene and a Cuban party Europe » Luxembourg » Luxembourg City

Around Luxemborg

Well so I thought it would be smart to go to Amsterdam central and catch a train at 3:45 am to Luxemborg. After 2 train changes where I nearly missed the connection because we had to wait at Brussles Nord - right before the station for 45 minutes as there was something wrong with the track, I finally made it to Luxemborg at 10:36am. This time I was couchsurfing with a girl, her name was Benedicte. She was really cool. Originally from France, and also having lived in Berlin, she was living in Luxemborg for the past 2 years. I had [View Full Entry]

By kiwikatie
January 19th 2009

Luxembourg Europe » Luxembourg » Luxembourg City

TRIER
entrance to the shopping street

Last Thursday we went to Nancy, France for a school trip. The city was really cool. The entrance was all gold lampposts and decor. The walking tour was really cold, but it was interesting to see all of the arcitecture. It was really cold so when we got the chance to go in banks and see the design we all took up the tour guide on the offer. After the tour we had 30 minutes to walk around...that didn't give us enough time to get back to the part of town with all of the shops so we picked up a [View Full Entry]

By kiwikatie
January 12th 2009

First week in Lux Europe » Luxembourg » Luxembourg City

Miami 115
at the war museum

So I have arrived in Luxembourg! We have spent the last few days doing orientation activities with school. We have had to sit in lectures on different aspects of the culture, family life, and school and also had the opportunity to visit/tour different cities in Luxembourg. I went on a tour Lux city half by bus and half walking. We got to see where the Duke lives and where all the shops and cafes are in the area. We also went to visit the WWII museum and listen to a lecture on Luxembourg involvement in WWII. We have learned so much [View Full Entry]

By brownlm2
January 12th 2009

First day of Class Europe » Luxembourg

Church

Today, like the title says, was our first day of classes. By the looks of it the semester shouldn't be too hard. Other than that two exciting things happened today: Our luggage came AND my name got picked in the raffle for a cell phone! The cell phone will save me a little bit of money b/c I won't have to buy a new one. I have yet to unpack but I'm so happy that its here...Now I can finally wear a different shirt other than the three shirts I've been rotating through! A couple girls and I walked around Differdange [View Full Entry]

By brownlm2
January 11th 2009

Slowly Adjusting Europe » Luxembourg » Diekirch

Wow, I've done soooo much the past few days so I'll try to not get too detailed. On Friday we had orientation in the morning and after lunch we got on a bus and visited two cemetaries from WWII, one American and one German one. Then we went to Luxembourg City and did a walking tour. It was an hour and a half long, so needless to say we were all freezing by the end. THe City is beautiful and I definitely want to go back so I can walk around on my own and go in the shops and everything. [View Full Entry]

By brownlm2
January 10th 2009

First Few days Europe » Luxembourg

Luxembourg City

I don't have much time to update now, but the past few days have been hectic. I have a 8 hours layover in Chicago, in London our flight reservations weren't actually in the computer so we had to get new ones to Dusseldorf, and in Dusseldorf half of our luggage was lost (still in London). Our luggage is getting here Monday...We had orientation yesterday and we have it today too. Yesterday we went on a tour of Luxembourg City. It is very city and fun, but it was so cold outside that I could barely enjoy it (it was an 1.5 [View Full Entry]

By Affinity
October 27th 2008

Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg Europe » Luxembourg » Luxembourg City

Gronn/Grund some of the oldest houses in the city
Uelzecht/Alzette River in the old quarter

Tiny tiny country. So small I even neglected to mention it when writing my Ardennes entry :D Ok, it's not as small as Vatican City, which happens to be the smallest country in the world, but it's about 1/4 the size of Puerto Rico, smaller than even Rhode Island. However quite powerful. Over 200 banks, many of them categorized as "Secret" or "Private". While higher in taxes in some areas of business, the many allowances, deductions & exemptions are an interesting draw to many concerning the Luxembourg tax regime. As one can imagine they are presently VERY busy with their attempts [View Full Entry]

The Alzette w/ Count Siegfried's Lucilinburhuc

By Magicleaf
October 12th 2008

Photo Journal: Luxembourg City Europe » Luxembourg » Luxembourg City

Luxembourg

A day in Luxembourg City, "the most beautiful balcony" in Europe. [View Full Entry]

By Paul and Sara
September 30th 2008

Luxembourg: A European Cocktail? Europe » Luxembourg » Luxembourg City

The Casemates
Sara checks out the view from the upper level of the Casemates.

Well it didn´t take us long to make our way through Luxembourg, being that it is smaller than the smallest US state. As we experienced Luxembourg City and the beautiful countryside, we were intruiged by the mixture of French and German language and culture. What language do they speak here? While sitting on a bus we saw three: most of the ads were in French, all of the signs telling you to 'be good!' were in German, and the "Bus Stop" sign was a mysterious hybrid. In fact, the official language is Luxembourgish as well as French and German. Now, I [View Full Entry]

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