Hotel du Parc Thionville

... he returned from outside and removed the coats. American frat boys stories. The most decedant Eclairs ever.

Then onto a Salsa club with much dancing and knocking people out the way. A very naughty trouble maker.
Quotes:
'How will you cope with the white men dancing?' Jamie

The final club where Jamie and I managed to distroy over 30 glasses with a miss timed spin.
Quotes:
'It is in my pocket...somewhere' Ed as he hunts the coat ticket

... 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 ...

This is an incredible place...but I don't have any pictures... when I got there my camera stopped working :( But I really think it was a blessing because I just saw everything and didn't worry about getting pictures of everything for later, I just saw and took it all in. It was a much needed get-away and it really blew me away, especially the Cathedral! Mass there was unbelievable...and I have a new-found love of French...and their pastries :)

... We then made our way to our host's house. It was easily found. Upon ringing the doorbell, you instantly heard the 3 dogs barking. We came inside and were greeted by them all. Two dogs were hers and one belongs to the neighbor. They were Phoebe, Spoogy, and Nina. Our host was Karyn (I think I'm spelling it right).

We got our things settled in and then left with them to take the dogs on a long walk. There is ...

... was playing through the shopping centre but apart from that it was silent, chairs and tables were lined up outside the cafes, but they were empty and there was plenty of shops but most were shut and in darkness. Saturday lunchtime? What's going on I thought. And then as I started to see the signs on the doors I realised that's exactly what is was - the town shuts down for a couple of hours in the middle of the day - obviously here it does it Saturday ...

Our original plan called to go to Liege instead of Luxembourg because Bastogne was real close and would be a cool WWII place to visit. But we all just decided on Lux City without thinking 2ce about Bastogne, so we took the 3hr train ride to the city with one of the highest GDPs in the ...

... lorraine (yes, real men do eat it) in a typically French cafe we wandered back down the steep hill to the riverside and into another section of well preserved 'old town'. The view from the Corniche of some very cute architecture lining the hillsides is well worth the effort and that, coupled with a very relaxed mood, inspired Karen to state that ...

... 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!)

Got to Luxembourg City in good time and out for a meal. But it ended up costing us a lot more than we expected and wanted. Ordered our food and expected a bill of 600 it was marked on the hand written menu with what looked like an 'l' which we thought was a Lux Frank symbol but no it was a continental 1. The hat part went to full length of the main part of the 1. We paid up and beat a hasty retreat, lesson learnt.

... 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.