Hostellerie de la Basilique Echternach

... in variety of flavours which are dipped into hot milk until they melt.

Then we head off to try Luxembourg wine at Ross suggestion. If you have never tried it - definately give it a go. Amazing couple hours drinking fine white wine.

Quotes:
'I wouldn't want to take away his manhood so it would have to be someone girly like Leo.' Jamie enough said.
'Which one was I drinking again? Red or blue' Nicky deciding between the Pinot and Reisling ...

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Hope everyone is having a great time eating turkey and watching football back home :). I'm in a country where we aren't subjected to the awful sport of football fortunately. Unfortunately they don't typically celebrate Thanksgiving either. Luckily I am reasonably close to one of my best friends from the states and we were able to celebrate turkey day in typical American fashion. This morning I travelled for 4 hours by train to ...

... oil and garlic. It was actually very good, and I'm not a big broccoli fan. We spent the rest of the evening chatting in the kitchen because it was the warmest room in the house. There is a wood burning stove in the kitchen and that is what is used mainly to heat the house. It got very cold here. Karyn said that it was -3 C the prior evening!

We chatted around the stove and listened to a variety of music ...

Of course I needed to visit Luxembourg, hiding away there between France, Germany and Belgium. It is the fifith smallest country in the world. It is very hilly and surrounded by trees. The hostel is down at the bottom of a cliff, yay! The city of course is quite small, but it is surrounded by ruins and forest which makes it quite a unique city in amongst the hustle and crowds of all the other major cities. The people there speak French and their own language, Luxembourgish I suppose.

... a couple of films before going back into down in the afternoon for a couple of drinks (well a drink and a coke) and to pick up my car. I ordered a packet of Walkers crisps in one pub for a change and was shocked to discover they were €1.40 for a regular sized packet! I'm starting to be greeted by name now, In one way that's quite nice and I feel a bit more 'local' but I also wonder if it means I'm spending too much time here! I went back home for an ...

... that and thanks Karen for making this milestone such a memorable one. Anyway, we arrived at Luxembourg Findil airport as the sun set that Friday evening and dove straight into one of the highlights of whole weekend. I've never heard of nor experienced a 'raclette' grill before but I must say that through cleverly combining tasty cheese and electric ...

The town (not even pretending to be a city) of Echternach served as my departure point for a little hike around the country. Set in the Mullerthal region on the border with Germany, the walking around here wasn't of the breathtaking, spectacular type as Krkonose, but more achingly pretty, and not too strenuous either. It struck me as being quite similar to some areas of Somerset, which is a good thing. The Gorge du Loup walk in particular was quite ...

... hour and a half looking for the on-ramp we needed. Finally we found "the spot". That's where the Chris Tucker factor kicked in. Sure, Chris has the moves, the smile and 5 languages to call on but he also smokes like a chimney. Not a good look when you're trying to convince complete strangers to slow down from 100 to zero and let two guys into their car. It took a while to get a ride but when it's two guys hitching it usually does. A nice Dutch guy named Martyn finally picked us up ...

Our family travelled to Luxembourg for a week for a work conference. Was it just me or was there a bank on every corner? I think the trip was quite expensive for my parents.
Assuming it was because there are so many languages spoken in ...

Saturday 23/3 -Travelled from Paris to Luxembourg dept 11.03 arr 14.44. Had a quick look around Luxembourg to get acquainted with the city, then found a church for Sunday mass.

Sunday 24/3 - After mass (in German) at 10am, we had a look around ...