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Luxembourg City-0907-0909

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September 8th 2009
Now we are writing in real time... I arrived in Luxembourg City yesterday, Monday, September 7th. Itook the TGV from Gare L'Est of Paris (Thanks to Rodolphe)... am staying at he Mercure hotel in Luxembourg City which is right in frontothe Gare Centrale...The center of the city is about 15 minutes walk...I have t say when I firs entered the city I was not too impressed, but when you walk a little ... read more

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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. Overr... ... read more