Hotel de la Sure Echternach

... and eye shades have never felt just that good.
Quotes:
'It is such a novelty making ones own bed...' Hols as we make our own beds using packs of sheets.
'At least I will die quick if you fall on me...' Jamie to Ed as he took the bottom bunk bed.

Onto Saturday and our Lux exploration...bri arrives hundover after a 4am dance session. We head off in the rain to the best hot chocolate in the world. Chunks of solid chocolate the size of ice ...

... to see Ashley and have Thanksgiving with her and her husband. Another one of my good friends, Jessica Cavazos's, younger sister happened to be in the area so she came out for the event as well. I'm not sure that her original plan included coming to Luxembourg (or Belgium which is the country that I'm actually in although I can see the border from the window) but when she arrived in Paris last week she immediately fell down a flight of stairs and broke ...

We were on the road by 10 am, just as planned. Traffic is a bit heavier than we would like, but you work with what you're handed. It’s supposed to take about 6 hours to get to Luxembourg. We’ll see how it progresses.

We passed through Belgium at 1:15 pm. We passed through Luxembourg at 2:15 pm. We stopped along the way to have some lunch at 3 pm because I was very hungry. It was a very small town ...

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.

... that he wanted to use Mels phone to call his friend to pick him up. We ended up being on the same train so we helped him with which stop to get off at etc. This argentinian jester, Maurice, worked him charms on the ticket man and got to talking. When I mentioned that I was from Australia, he told us of his love of snakes and his 200 poisonous pets. He also said, Steve Irwin was a good friend of his, sent him birthday cards and invited him ...

... so we stopped and had a local beer that was being sold to celebrate the weekend. Bought some postcards and a couple of souvenirs. Very high end stores for your shopping pleasure. Back in the car and return to Idar to Rudy's. Rudys is on base at Idar, Had a good Hamburger, played some slot machines Saw Josh's room in the barracks. I was able to write a quick email home. By this time I was ready to call it a day and head back to my room.

... City was made in the md 90s. Though quite interesting, we found the maze of spiral staircases, narrow passageways and cliff-face viewing platforms a little chilly so headed topside for more conventional sights. After happily confusing the European Cultural Capital deer logo for a bunch of giant blue moose we headed for the Notre Dame Cathedral. I ...

... youth hostel. I have to say that Luxembourg city is wonderful. I met another canadian that is learning french and goes to work in Chamonix and his train is by night so I stayed with him all evening. I went to eat at some Mcdo and finally got to sleep. --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- ----------- December 5 I took the breakfast ...

... 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.