http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Luxembourg/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Luxembourg en-us Mon, 06 Jul 09 20:59:37 +0000 Mon, 06 Jul 09 20:59:37 +0000 Today we took a day trip to Luxembourg City...the train ride was about three hours and was to me almost the best part of the trip...the country is beautiful and gets progressively so the closer to the border and closer to the mountains you get...we spent a little time in the city exploring and had a great time...we are now on our last day in Bruxelles...most of the day is preparation for the res http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Luxembourg/Luxembourg-City/blog-415350.html Luxembourg is not only a city its a huge country http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Luxembourg/Luxembourg-City/blog-414535.html And so two months after getting onto a train in Beijing I got off one in Luxembourg. As easy as that really. That brings me to the end of my Silk Road journey. The Silk Road of course never was one road but a network of trade routes that crisscrossed their way across Asia between Europe and China and branched off to Persia and India. Most people at the time would also never have travelled all http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Luxembourg/blog-405808.html I don't even know how to say hello in Luxembourgerish so I'm not going to tryI should have probably added some of this on the last one but we did some stuff in Strasbourg in the morning before we left for Luxembourg.We visited the Council of Europe which is an independent body from the EU and still has some role I don't know how to explain it really because it's ridiculously complicated and no http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Luxembourg/Luxembourg-City/blog-401532.html We have had an amazing week here in Luxembourgwe caught up on some laundry sleep and missed meals.Katie accidentally left her glasses in Nantes at Agathe's house and they kindly mailed them to Luxembourgso our stay here was a little longer then planned as we were waiting for the package to arrivenot that we minded staying a few extra nightsThursday we got to sleep in and stay in our PJs the who http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Luxembourg/Luxembourg-City/blog-396567.html Already a month in... unbelievableHad a great weekend with Agathehung out with her friends and toured around NantesHer mom took us to the west coast on sunday Beautiful dayshe showed us how they harvest the salt from the oceanthey diverge the water into little streams each more shallow than the previous until their is only a few inches of salt water which they separate into fields. during the su http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Luxembourg/Luxembourg-City/blog-395387.html I followed the Mosel River into the tiny nation of Luxembourg. I ended up staying an extra day in Luxembourg. I usually blast through the tiny country on my way to something more interesting. This time I decided to spend a day touring within its borders. What a great choice Wonderful roads along the Mosel Riverhellip other roads wandering through forests so thick that no sunlight penetrated the http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Luxembourg/blog-394615.html ok just want to get Luxembourg's flag in even if it's a knock off of France's flag. I'm paying a lot for internet now so you only get one picture.Peace http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Luxembourg/blog-391178.html So much has happened since I've last updated but I honestly don't have time to write it all down. In reality the reason I'm updating now is for the sake of my Mom and aunt Susie. They wanted me to let everyone who knows and cares that they're having a great time in Europe. They've been really great with timing They've managed to see much more than the average person would because of their luck w http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Luxembourg/Luxembourg-City/blog-384478.html Belgium. The Netherlands. Luxembourg. Sometimes shortened to the term Benelux. I have now visited each of themBut before I get into that it was actually a surprisingly fun and exciting week. As you all know Tuesday was St. Patrickrsquos Day. What you might not know is this is one of my absolute favorite holidays My obsession with the Irish is shared and celebrated on this one day eac http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Luxembourg/Luxembourg-City/blog-384097.html Well so I thought it would be smart to go to Amsterdam central and catch a train at 345 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 1036am. This time I was couchsurfing with a girl her name was Benedicte. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Luxembourg/Luxembourg-City/blog-378249.html I can't write a lot because I'm leaving in about an hour for Italy. I don't have class again until two Mondays from now. Carnival is a huge celebration in Europe for the beginning of Lent. People everywhere derss up in crazy costumes like clowns and jesters and theres lots of parties and parades. I'll be going to Venice Cinque Terre a group of five small towns Florence and Rome. Two random t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Luxembourg/Luxembourg-City/blog-375274.html Today I was just hanging out at home when my host sister Michelle came up from the basement with two rabbits. They were so cute and she gave one to me to hold. She told me that she was going to the docter for the bunny to get its teeth cute because they were too long...I don't know if this is normal but I acted like it was. I decided to ask her if she wanted to make cookies with me today and she http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Luxembourg/Luxembourg-City/blog-372007.html Here's a few funny things that happened this weekThis week I received a package from my parents There were some yummy chocolate chip cookies in the package that I shared with some people at school...everyone definitely appreciated a treat from home. One kid proclaimed that the cookie tasted like America. This was pretty funny but so true I guess we're all starting to really miss some thin http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Luxembourg/Luxembourg-City/blog-370962.html 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 hostin http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Luxembourg/Luxembourg-City/blog-370601.html 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 did http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Luxembourg/Luxembourg-City/blog-365069.html 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 bc 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 http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Luxembourg/blog-362778.html 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 visittour 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 a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Luxembourg/Luxembourg-City/blog-362682.html 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 defi http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Luxembourg/Diekirch/blog-362457.html 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 o http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Luxembourg/blog-361967.html