Blogs from Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, Europe - page 6

We decided to take a trip from Wiesbaden (where I'm currently attending some classes), to Luxembourg for the day. The trip was relaxing through some very beautiful country. We walked around Luxembourg, taking in some of the sights of the city center. Outside of the Chamber of Deputies we watched a guard walking post, then stopped at a Mexican Restaurant in the city center for a bite before heading back to Wiesbaden.... read more

Monday morning the boys were of course off to work - and there were workmen arriving at 8.30am to work on the flat next door and to also replace a bit of under floor water pipe in A&M's flat (it comes thru form next door). As the owner of both flats Fernand explained to me, you cannot have external water pipes here as they would freeze up in the winter. The insulation here must be fab tho - I am typing this at 11pm in light jumper and thongs (to keep my feet off the floor) and its 10 deg. outside. It is just not cold inside at all - no heater on - and it does not seem that cold out either generally - altho 12 max. certainly not Blue Mountains cold. I did not ... read more

Well, off to Luxemburg we were. That tiny little country that has to share a Eurail Pass with the Netherlands and Belgium. What is there to do in Luxemburg you ask?? We were wondering the same thing. Rolling into the City (there is only one according to the locals) was one of the most amazing first impressions of a city Dan has ever had. The train crossed the river valley before it would reach the station, the green space below you with the steep sides just seemed so amazing; you couldn't tell you were in a city at all. After the train, first things first... what to do in Luxemburg?? We went straight to information where we learned about the Luxemburg attraction card, which would get us into sights all over the country!!! We didn't dare ... read more

After breakfast, the girls and I left with Jonny for a tour of the Mullerthal region. Jonny asked the girls if they wanted to go ice-skating and they were eager to go, so we had no clue as to what exactly the itinerary for the day was, except of course the ice skating and it was a really, really wonderful surprise at the fairytale scenic charm that was in store for us. The Mullerthal Region is truly a travel wonder of the world!! On a length of more than 110km, the Mullerthal passes through all the natural beauties of the Mullerthal Region - Luxembourg's Little Switzerland. Natural paths lead through forests and pastures and through impressive canyons and bizarre rock formations. Luxembourg is such a small country surrounded by giants like Germany and France that most ... read more

Today the Orrs left for a concert in Germany. The kids were with Joelle's parents. We were alone in the house with Oonagh their big beautiful dog who we had to take out three times a day to do her business. Jonny wrote down the bus number and the directions into Luxemboug City as we wanted to spend the day touring the city. They also said we could use whatever groceries we wanted from the cupboards and we could also do our laundry, but darling Ben had already done all our laundry so now we only had clean clothes. The girls wanted to stay at home - Wi-Fi again, but I insisted we go into the city. The Orrs also said that they were not going to be able to do the christmas dinner thing as ... read more