Hotel Le Chatelet Luxembourg City

... hike and we took the dogs with us. It was very nice. It was a small cascade and it was very quiet and peaceful there. She said in the summertime it is very crowded. I imagine it would be like the waterfalls in North Carolina in the summer.<br><br>We got back home and I started working on uploading pictures. I had 5 days to catch up on. We chatted with Karyn while she prepared a dinner of pasta with broccoli ...

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 ...

... buildings. I guess having the gorge surround most of the city back when marauding thieves were abundant provided a natural defense. Most of the old city walls still stood. Three bridges got you across. The old town is really fairy book stuff. Over a thousand years old. The buildings are a big part of the attraction. Turrets and towers puncture the skyline. It's very easy to imagine yourself living in the 18th century. Just ...

... eat with drinks.  Anyway, they were really yummy.  And then, again, he would not let any of us pay.  Basically this man paid for all of our food for the day, which to all of us who are traveling on a budget, is like the ultimate gift.  I cannot believe how generous and kind he was to us.   After drinks, it was time for Kara, Nicole and I to depart from the rest of the group and begin the trip to Luxembourg.  We had to take a train to Liege, Belgium, and ...

... is closed Mondays, so I will visit the castle at Vianden, instead. I went to bed, and was awoken by a couple of jackasses - even though every bed had these great reading lights that were very bright, they flipped on the main light and started talking loudly. There is nothing I hate more than inconsiderate travelers. Jackasses! But it's ok - my revenge will be tomorrow, because I'm usually the first one up! MUHAHAHAHA!!!

<br>Hästi nunnu pisike provintslinnake, mis valdavas enamuses kooosneb butiikidest, mida külastavad pigem vanemad daamid.<br><br>Võõrustajaga võib väga rahule jääda :) Ei mäletagi, millal keegi mulle hommikul pannkooke valmistas :D Tundsin ennast lausa auväärse külalisena, nagu mind kutsuti! Aga üksi ringi seigeldes oleks vist küll natsa raskeks läinud, sest seal räägitakse ikka valdavalt prantsuse ja saksa keelt. Inglise keel pole just popim. Viidi mind aga ...

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... 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!)

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