Hotel Le Bisdorff Berdorf

... age. They were going in to Geneva for school. I could tell from their accents and manner of speech that they were American, and I eavesdropped to see what I could learn about them. Not much, as it turned out, they were siblings and squabbled and bothered each other about not much of anything.<br><br>Switzerland actually has a large expatriate population, including quite a few celebrities who seem to mostly live around Lake Geneva. Taxes are low on the rich, and crime is low, which ...

... heard some Luxemburgish music and I liked it. Conrad worked on the computer to map our route for tomorrow while Karyn and I chatted. Spoogy sat in her lap for a bit and then made his way to mine. He is a very sweet dog! We all went to bed at 11 pm. I stayed up for an hour more to upload pictures while making a tent with my blanket. I hid under it because it was warmer that way! I drifted off to sleep at midnight.<br>

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.

On Thursday I got up and walked the city of Speicher and looked at the whole town, it really isn't that big at all. It is a small city and most people either work on the Air Force Base or they drive to Bitburg or Trier to work. Anyways it was nice to see the small city and where my parents lived for a few years. After I was finished walking Richard and I went onto the base to look around ...

... Roman ruins and the churches up close. Trier was very nice and I love the feeling there, the Roman baths were also really cool to see. We also had a great dinner in the main square of town. I had Pepper Steak and spetzlah. It was so good. The seats outside were great and I was able to people watch and really just embrace in the culture. Plus a little wine probe, wine tasting, helped a lot.

... person who found the surprise would be crowned queen for 24 hours. My slice had the surprise (a little porcelain gingerbread man), so Maga gave me a crown and we all had a good laugh about me wearing that. Otherwise, we just talked to Maga, walked around Bettemburg so she could show us how to get to the train station, and drank tea. She also continued to try feeding us that night, including practically force feeding us more of her pizza, chocolate mousse, and truffles. Whew ...

Luxembourg City.... What comes to mind? For most of the European countries at least half a dozen things come to mind when you mention the country's name (whether it's a cliche or a fact). For example: Switzerland - cheese, mountains, chocolate, cows, etc.... or England - London, the Queen, tea, double decker buses, Buckingham Palace, etc.... So what do you think of when you see the name Luxembourg?? Well, according to one ...

... Bulge was fought not far from here. Havin a great time and the weather is still HOT HOT HOT, Love Kaylea and Matt PS. I still cant get over the Battle of Waterloo site that we visited south of Brussels where Napoleon was defeated by a coalition force (ok, mostly by Wellington the Brits would say)....anyway we bought a musketball from the Wellington Museum and it is a new prized possession! bye for now!

... small country, all the cartoons on TV and in the newspaper seemed to not have words, just gestures and sound. The weather was kind of grey, the food was good. We discovered Croque Monsieurs (like grilled cheese sandwiches with ham -delish!)

... Casemates - tunnels and chambers dug to further fortify Luxembourg city. Saw Notre Dame church and walked along the park at the bottom of the valley where we found an old church built into the side of the hill. Luxembourg is a beautiful medieval valley.