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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 Mom23
October 6th 2007

A Couple of Crumblies Europe » Luxembourg

Crumbly view
A couple of girls perched on a crumbly wall as viewed through a crumbly window.

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 [View Full Entry]

By Lew and Holly
September 24th 2007

2007-09-24 Luxembourg in two Hours Europe » Luxembourg » Luxembourg City

Us in Luxembourg City
It had some pretty impressive views right from the center of the city...

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 [View Full Entry]

By Mom23
September 8th 2007

Vianden, Luxembourg... Europe » Luxembourg » Vianden

Vianden
The first view when we departed the bus.

...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 [View Full Entry]

By Mom23
September 7th 2007

Baby Country Europe » Luxembourg » Luxembourg City

First View of Luxembourg
From the bottom of our street we could see the city in the distance on the rocks.

Being two Eliza is obsessed with all things "baby" (or baba as she says). She likes to use baby forks and spoons. She loves pointing out the small cars ("Auto baba!") and this weekend we did the ultimate in European touring and went to a "baba country": Luxembourg! The best laid plans. We had ambitions to rent cars and do Luxembourg one day and the Netherlands another day so that our visitors could "pin" two more countries. However after wrestling everyone out of bed at 6am and packing up for our first day trip Jonathan and his father had the fun [View Full Entry]

By We three travellers
August 24th 2007

No sleep Europe » Luxembourg » Luxembourg City

It is now 01:28 in the morning..... Just talked to Emma who is taking the psycho Malaria tablets LARIUM - so we really don't have to worry about snakes and spiders! It transpired while Emma listed all the things that I should have in my bag including my passport that she doesn't have hers.... Hopefully she's left it at work and we will be seeing her at the airport in Caracas tomorrow - Bit worried about the green button, red button thing going through customs when you arrive...if its red you get hauled into a room to have your baggage checked [View Full Entry]

By We three travellers
August 23rd 2007

Caracas here we come Europe » Luxembourg » Luxembourg City

Finally finished work and now I'm on holidays - Had a glass of crémant at the Shubbie on the place de glacis and despite having fallen and nearly broken my elbow on my way into the post office yesterday (my holidays flashed before my eyes!), that freedom feeling is beginning to sink in... I'm packed, Ida and Emma are packed - we have everything that we could possibly need - I think.... Our first stop tomorrow is Caracas from there we fly to Barinas at 8:00 am aprox then Ground transfers to Hato Cedral (3 hours) where we stay until the [View Full Entry]

By Jimbob82
July 29th 2007

Belgium, but no chocolate just beer. Europe » Luxembourg » Luxembourg City

De Garre
Great little pub with lots of beers. The night ended very quickly for Shaun here, that Bush will get you!

What can one say about Brugge? Brugge is a medievel town built along winding canals in Belgium and is fantastic. The streets are extremely hard to navigate when you have only a small map from the Lonely Planet guide or the little tourist map. After a trip around the city multiple times ( damn little one way streets!) we finally found a place to stay. Not much luck with hostels yet as eveything has been booked solid, it was another cheap hotel. Once settled we headed for the Grote Markt and to a little pub called De Garre. We tucked into [View Full Entry]

By Kerrie and Ross
July 27th 2007

Luxemburg Europe » Luxembourg » Luxembourg City

Looking down over Grund

We left Brussels in the late morning and took a 3 hour train trip to Luxembourg, the 3rd country of our visit. We didn't have to go far to our hotel after arriving as it was located directly opposite the station with a great view of the station buliding much to Ross's delight. After we had unpacked our stuff we walked in towards the main centre of old Luxembourg, located on the top of a hill after crossing a deep gorge. Unlike the other cities where we stayed there are no trams in Luxembourg and we could really notice the difference [View Full Entry]

By PA Leslie
July 24th 2007

Luxembourg...and a little travelling around... Europe » Luxembourg

a little of flying...a lot of fun...

Luxembourg is a small country, so one week was great to do many things. The main one was clearly for my parents to enjoy quality time with Leslie and Tiffany. We had a great time, "Bonpapa" playing golf with Leslie, four of us going on a plane ride in France on "Bonpapa" plane. On 21st of July, Belgium national day....it's also...way more important, Tiffany's birthday. Can't tell you how much we all enjoyed it. We also went to Han-sur-Lesse to enjoy the great caves, some of the biggest in Europe, and their nature safari, I must admit a lot less impressive. [View Full Entry]

By L and J in Portugal
July 20th 2007

Luxembourg Europe » Luxembourg » Luxembourg City

Town square in Echternach

We picked up a rental car (Peugeot 207) in Cologne and took the Autobahn south-west towards Luxembourg. For the 5 days we were driving around Luxembourg and Germany, we didn’t have any hotel reservations. Not having any reservations gave us some flexibility in this portion of our trip which was good because we were indecisive about exactly where we wanted to go. We drove for a few hours and stopped in Echternach, a town just across the border from Germany. We looked at a couple of hotel rooms and chose the less smoky smelling one, the Hotel des Ardennes. We [View Full Entry]

View over Luxembourg City from casemates

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