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Wow what a family adventure. The 6 of us cousins packed our bags and headed to Stansted for a great adventure across Europe. From the huge slices of birthday on the plane to the bumpiest landing ever Hols and I were feeling more than little sick. An exciting 2 hour journey on a coach reminding one of school trips with the back seats. Arriving at 2am it was an advernture making our way to our shared dorm. 6 people in one room for the first time in 8 years. Ear ...

... distance train ride so that was an interesting experience. I couldn't even figure how to get out of my cabin, much less the train! Eventually I managed though, suitcase, pretzel salad and all. My pretzel salad got a bit soggy during transport but it was okay I suppose, not as good as my moms though. This holiday season is going to be a little bit difficult for me but I'm glad for the fact that I have family and friends nearby still! I love and miss you all!

... is the hardest part" he told me.

As I left Mr. Gillissen, to follow up on an e-mail I had sent about a week earlier, I called Mr. François who lives up near Liège. I hoped to stop and see him and his wife tomorrow morning, but he told me he was having x-rays done (he has been diagnosed with cancer). He said he was sorry but we wouldn’t be able to meet this time, but he thanked me for trying. He sounded very positive. He’s in no pain, and told me he’s at peace ...

... 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.

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 ...

... age here in the Lux is sixteen, somehow Chad and i found myself in a bar full of underagers - yep thats right fifteen year olds. Now I know that some of my mates talk up the "Youth Policy" but this was a bit extreme maybe even for them. Either way it was a lot easier than trying to out drink marines... Off to Antwerp today for D-Day. Wish us a heap of luck or send your donations to "Rick and Chad's 850 Euro excess Fund"

... that causes us to miss some of the obvious tourist sites. Luxembourg came about like this. We'd thought about seeing tons of Germany and we actually wrote to some people in the club to make plans to do just that. We kept thinking when will we have a chance to go to a really tiny little country like this not counting Lichtenstein? At the last minute we changed a bunch of plans around and headed on out to visit Karin and the dogs, proud residents of ...

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 ...