Blogs from Luxembourg, Europe - page 15

Here are few pics for those who have followed us the last few weeks. We are in Luxembourg, the city and country where I grew up before moving to Asia 14 years ago. The opportunity for me to show Ma'ri a very nice "little jewel" under the sun. Tiffany and Leslie are enjoying there time with there grand-parents...it's barbecue, garden, swimming pool time. You won't have all these pics, but there are full of smiles and love! It's also for us the opportunity to see a lot of friends, here and around. We are back on the road to Belgium and all over Europe in the next few hours. But first, let's get back to my hometown. Luxembourg seems to move at the same speed as the growth of the European Union. I was born there ... read more

Luxembourg is not only a city, its a huge country :)... read more

I don't even know how to say hello in Luxembourgerish so I'm not going to try, I 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 one wants to hear me drone on and on about the inner workings and compositions of EU institutions and their competencies. With it's extravagant wood interior and green furnishings (think lime green and hunter green had a kid), it looked like it lurched right out of the 1970s! The tour of the hemi-cycle was cool as well, but the building ... read more

Already a month in... unbelievable! Had a great weekend with Agathe hung out with her friends and toured around Nantes Her mom took us to the west coast on sunday Beautiful day! she showed us how they harvest the salt from the ocean they 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 summer the sun heats up the shallow pools and the water evaporates leaving just the salt to be harvested by hand its really interesting to see the process and the patience of these people who still work in such an traditional fashion, completely at the mercy of mother nature for the yield of each crop and all the labour without any equipment more ... read more

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 with timing. Today was the only time they've really strayed from their itinerary. THey went to Cologne, Germany and stopped in Trier for less than an hour on the way back to Luxembourg. They've seen everything in a whirlwind visit, so I think they're excited to see Paris in a more relaxing manor. I had dinner with them last night and ... read more