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Europe » Luxembourg » Luxembourg City June 22nd 2011

Hicran Çiğdem Yorgancıoğlu ‘nun Luxembourg Devr-i Alem Hicri Alem Hicran Çiğdem Seyahatnamesi’nden ..seyahat notlarından alıntılardır . Her hakkı saklıdır .. / Eserin tüm telif hakları H.Çiğdem Yorgancıoğlu’na aittir . Eserin izinsiz kopyalanması çoğaltımı ,yayını ,dağıtımı halinde 5846 sayılı Fikir ve Sanat Eserleri Kanunun hükümleri geçerli olacaktır. LÜKSEMBURG BÜYÜK DÜKALIĞI Turuncu bir şapkanın altında,altı çizilecek esrarengiz yeni kelimelerin yada bir tik daha atılacak yeni diyâr ve coğrafyaların peşinde değil kendimin peşindeyim bir yolculukta daha . Neyin dışında olduğumuzu söylersek bir o kadar da içindeyizdir.Birbiri ile çelişmeyen fakat farkındalığı canlı tutmak isteyen önermeler bütünüdür bu akış. Başucumda yeni düşünceler ve semaya açılmış ellerim uçmaya hazır. Neye başlandı , neyin ya da nelerin devamı getirilecek. Kaşif bir ruhun monologlarıdır söz. Kişi anl... read more
Cigdem Luxembourg
Cigdem Luxembourg
Cigdem Luxembourg

Europe » Luxembourg May 13th 2011

Geo: 50.056, 6.02851 Nothing at all. That's what we did. And we did it damned good. =) Sooo... our plans got a little screwy at this point in the trip. We had PLANNED to probably do Copenhagen for a few days before heading to Amsterdam for another few days. But then we bought cuckoo clocks instead... lol. So, two expensive cities in a row didn't seem like a sound plan. Amsterdam is almost as expensive as Paris, and Copenhagen was going to be even more than that. So we skipped Copenhagen. Now where to go... I busted out my guide book to look up what was between Amsterdam and Belgium. ...Luxembourg... hmmmm... So I scanned the very small section on this lil country and came across Clervaux... it has a monastery with chanting Gregorian monks. lol, ... read more
Clervaux
Clervaux
Clervaux

Europe » Luxembourg » Vianden April 13th 2011

Luxembourg is a home to about 130 Châteaux. Some are fortified castles, others are lavish mansions. So, our weekend getaway would not be complete without visiting one of them. Mightily sits on a high ground, the eleventh century castle of Vianden glowed in the dusk. The mixture of Romanesque, Gothic, and Renaissance features of this castle made this castle a perfect place to have a Halloween party. Many kids and their parents dressed in scary, funny, and medieval customs were dancing in a very large, tall, and airy hall at the heart of the castle. Walking around the castle ground, we soaked the fairy-tale panoramic view of dark deep blue sky, orange band of sunset on the horizon, and rolling lush hills highlighted by lights from small towns below. It was a great place to end ... read more
Vianden
Vianden

Europe » Luxembourg » Luxembourg City April 12th 2011

Many people who visited the Old Town claimed that they had traveled back in time to witness a thousand year history in about two hours by walking through the Luxembourg’s oldest quarters. It must be true because in 1994, UNESCO designated the city a World Heritage Site. The remains of centuries of fortifications by the best military engineers of the Burgundians, the French, the Spaniards, the Austrians, and the Germanic Confederation give Luxembourg an enigmatic allure. Its high position surrounded by deep gorges and rivers at the bottom enabled its military advantages and importance in its past. During its high time in the history, there were three girdles of battlements. The inner most one was fortified by bastions. The outer most one was composed of an exterior wall hewn into the rock and the wall was ... read more
Luxembourg Old Town
Luxembourg Old Town

Europe » Luxembourg » Kirchberg April 11th 2011

After a few hours of rest, we started our exploration. For architecture students, Kirchberg is probably the best place to study the latest trend of eco friendly modern architectures. Stringing both sides of avenue John F. Kennedy, the main street of Kirchberg, are glass buildings exposing the inner structures and offices in them, towers featuring gardens in middle section, and buildings made of materials that breath to reduce heating and cooling energy consumption. Furthermore, this district embodies the live, work, and play urban layout. Entertainment complexes, residential buildings, office towers, schools, and manicured parks are within walking distance from each other. It is purposely designed to reduce the energy consumptions by its inhabitants. Ornamental sculptures adorn open spaces in between buildings. The works of international eminent architects are well represented here. ... read more
Kirchberg
Kirchberg

Europe » Luxembourg April 11th 2011

To accentuate our exploration, we got an eco car that drinks gasoline in the manner cactus drinks water, and yet it was still capable to instill tingling sensations in our weekend driving vacation. We rented an A4 Avant TDI from Europecar rental car company at Frankfurt Airport. Our first stop was Légère Premium Hôtel located just of A1, less than 10 km east of Kirchberg, the modern city of Luxembourg that hosts many European Union buildings and financial institutions. This four star business hotel has spacious and airy contemporary exterior and interior designs. The room incorporates the latest trend of efficient layout and open bathroom concept. To top that, the minimalist furniture in the room gives futuristic ambience and abundant space. ... read more

Europe » Luxembourg » Luxembourg City April 10th 2011

A few people had talked to me about my planned trip to Luxembourg and had made the comment that “…everywhere in Luxembourg is hilly…” but it still took me by surprise when I arrived to see the valleys and mountains that appear to make up Luxembourg. Given that it is one of the smallest countries in Europe it sure does have a lot of damn hills!!! Leaving the train station Luxembourg looked like a normal city and then the bus headed over a bridge and suddenly you could see just how high up you were and just how low down some of those houses were. Luxembourg was really easy to get around on foot (provided you were fit!) and I found that I had visited many of the key attractions on my first day. What this ... read more
Luxembourg
Random flowers growing out of the wall
Gorgeous views

Europe » Luxembourg » Luxembourg City April 8th 2011

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
Church
Lion
Statue

Europe » Luxembourg » Luxembourg City March 16th 2011

Geo: 49.6044, 6.13034 GUN 13 GUNLERDEN ÇARŞAMBA Kahvaltı saatinde uyandık. Kahvaltı bermutad çok iyi geçti fakat Kahvaltı sonrası Gorges'in atakları arttı. Bilmediğiniz bir dilde birisi size uzun uzun anılarını anlatmağa başlarsa ,ciddi sıkıntı yaratıyor. Ayşe Almanca bilmenin cezasını ağır ödedi. Ben işlerim nedeni ile yırtınca kaderi ile başbaşa kaldı. Bir süre sonra Luxembourg'a gitmek üzere yola çıktık. Yol çok rahat ve şıp diye Luxembourg'a girdik. Yolda Trier'in tepesindeki yollardan geçtik. Almanlar dehşet köprüler ve yollar yapmışlar doğrusu.. Lüksemburg ya da resmî adıyla Lüksemburg Büyük Dukalığı (Lüksemburgca: Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg, Fransızca: Grand-Duché de Luxembourg... read more
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genel gorunum
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Europe » Luxembourg » Vianden March 5th 2011

Thursday 3 March 2011 John was very boring today and worked until about 2.30pm when Ali 'dragged him out' for a last wander around Vianden. We sauntered along the river and around the few streets, climbed up to the belfry for some more great views over the town, found (finally) the little cloister behind the Trinitarian Church (a monastery was founded here in 1248), and stopped for afternoon tea (which turned into pre-dinner drinks!) at the very cool "Cafe Ancien Cinema". The cafe has a film and music theme going on (e.g. the menu-covers are reproductions of old LP album-covers), with jazz/soul music playing and, hand-written on a huge blackboard was an excerpt from a conversation between James Bond and Felix Leiter about making Martinis (from Casino Royale???). It was a bit of a gem among ... read more
Cloisters of the Trinitarians Church
Inside Vianden's Cafe Ancien Cinema
Bruges - L'Estaminet




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