Vianden
Travel Blogs from Vianden, Luxembourg
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Picture postcard pretty
We got the bus across to here all ready with our Luxembourg cards.. Victor Hugo lived here for a time so we were ready to check out that museum but firstly we had to go on the chairlift!! The chairlift took us up the top of the hill so we could look ...
Castle Vianden and a posh dinner!
... tired and trying to catch up with what I've been doing...running out of time! On Sunday we went to Vianden Castle - the furthest north I have been in Luxembourg so far. It was an amazing view as we turned the corner and the castle stood proud on the ...
From Fairy Tale Land back to World War II
... castle to the State, was it possible to undertake large-scale work, most of which has now been completed. Vianden is also remembered as the last place in Luxembourg to be freed from the Germans in World War II in February 1945 when the Americans completed ...
A long walk
... 40km (ish) distant. An extremely nice walk, first through the Mullerthal area and then out into the rolling fields of the Luxembourg Ardennes. Hard to believe some of the things that happened in such a peaceful area during WW2. Many information posts and ...
Vianden, Luxembourg
Vianden Luxembourg! Not to get confused with Luxembourg, Luxembourg (the capital of Luxembourg, is Luxembourg, how original). Vianden is a small town just a hop and skip away from the capital. We walked the whole town in about 10 minutes and had a ...
Vianden
So yeah, like I was saying... So we caught this bus to Vianden cos it was there, it had a beautiful castle and we had a Luxembourg card that needed using up. Now the one thing about Vianden, apart from the fact it is a pretty pretty town is that it has ...
Day trip from Luxembourg City
... Luxembourg is easily in my top three of visited cities so far. Today (Sunday) we took a day trip to the north of Luxembourg (though crossing the country took all of 45 minutes!) to three villages: Ettelbrück, Diekirch and Viqnden, where one of the ...
Princess for a day!
... 's rephrase that sentence. From Eddleburg my fellow traveler, Katie, and I had to hop onto an amusement ride and travel to Vianden. The bus driver drove extremely fast and we were turning and winding around hills and through forest. It was the craziest 20 ...
Les Crêpes
Aujourd'hui Je suis allé pour mon petit-déjeuner à un maison de crêpes. C'etait très délicieux. ...
Orientation Trips and Experiences
... here is the rest of my orientation weekend: Orientation on Saturday consisted of a series of trips to locations in northern Luxembourg. After some morning meetings, we all got onto three buses and headed to the town of Diekirch, ...
Luxembourg
... the town. And before heading back to our hostel we popped into a little pub just in time to hear a local band break into ''Misserlou''. We left Vianden the next morning but made a stop in Luxembourg City before continuing on towards ...
C&A Country Count: 7; K Country Count: 4
Cory and Aimee: United States, Jamaica, Mexico, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg Kayla: Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, ...
Concerts, Concerts, Concerts
... , halls, and kitchens. We could also mosey on through the outside balconies and halls that had gorgeous lookouts onto the town of Vianden. Once the concert was over, we all had to scamper on down the hill again as I was planning on going to ...
Arrived in Vianden
Dear Family and friends, We have arrived safe and sound - luggage and all. Drove through Germany for 2 1/2 hours and saw lots of snow! Don`t know what this means for the tulips. Anyhow, our B & B is very nice and the village is so quaint. Very ...
Land of Fairytale Castles
... playing together. They live in a gorgeous home that Michael and his brother built. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 8 We drove over to Vianden, Luxembourg, with Michael and Emelya's family to see Vianden Castle. It's had substantially more restoration work done ...
Taking the chairlift to the top!
... seem to draw a blank when I want to put things down on paper or on computer as the case may be. Briefly I'll say Luxembourg was cute! Similar achitecture & feel to German speaking countries which I'm a fan of. Cute little villages like those that I've ...
Let the Work Begin!
... two full days here in Vianden, one of which was the first full day of the festival. Yesterday was a holiday for Luxembourg and arrival day for everyone participating in the music festival. I got up and took a morning jog through the ...
Kasteelheer spelen
... outside too). I visited this place a couple of years ago, when I was on a weekend trip, chasing castles all over Luxemburg. Vianden was an important place, guarding a narrow pass into Germany. The first fortress dates back from the Roman army. Due to a ...
Seeing Luxembourg
... home of St. Willibrord. We saw his tomb in the Basilica and thought of Mom. The town was charming. Tomorrow we will see Luxembourg city and hopefully spend some time in Germany. Have not been able to get either phone card to work at the hotel and ...
Vianden, Luxembourg 4-9 through 4-11
... weren't impressed with LC, so we headed back to Vianden to have dinner at our hotel. The small towns in Luxembourg are the best, especially, Vianden, so if you are ever there, don't miss it! Notes on Luxembourg - people are rather stoic, ...
To Germany and back
Dear Family and Friends, We seem to have the entire country of Luxembourg to ourselves as there are very few tourists and virtually no Americans. Maybe it's because of the cold and rain! But it's not stopping us. Set off for Germany today to see ...
Speedy Gonzales
... op één hele nare 4km langdurige klim na. Met 52km zoefde ik die berg dan ook weer af, hopelijk ben ik niet geflitst! ;-) In Vianden ging ik op zoek naar de jeugdherberg, waar ik wat mensen hoopte te vinden. Helaas zijn er maar 2 gasten op dit moment in ...
Vianden
... , at first would be a great idea) I trained to Diekirch then started my 30 km trek toward Vianden. The cool part about Luxembourg is that they have more pathed bike trails then they do actual roads, so you can basically go wherever you ...
Last European Summer Home
... tips (courtesy of my older brother) flooded my mind. But somehow, by 3:30, we all made it alive and well into Vianden, Luxembourg, the location of the music festival for the next two weeks. It was sad to say goodbye to all my cousins after ...
Vianden
We pack a lot into this day. Next on the agenda is Vianden, the site of a restored castle only a km or two from the German Border. It is spectacular, exceeding all ...
Vianden - Luxembourg
... de la Belgique. J'ai bien songé à visiter les Ardennes dans le Sud Est de la Belgique, mais j'ai finalement opté pour le Luxembourg. En fait, j'avais 4 nuits à faire avant de retrouver ma mère le 19 à Walcourt, au Sud de Bruxelles. Je crois que ...
Perplexed
... sat there, I contemplated the state of confusion this city has put me in. Both French and German are official languages of Luxembourg, but the time I spent in Luxembourg City gave me the impression that French was much more common. Here, if I ...
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