Novotel Luxembourg Centre Luxembourg City

... 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 ...

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.

... my parents worked for those years. It was pretty awesome to see where my dad was a firefighter so many years ago. Also it was weird because the base brought me back to my youth were I spent lots and lots of time on the base in Great Falls. It was really cool to have that feeling again. After we were done with Spangdhalem we meet up with Mo and went to Trier to walk around and look at ...

At last I finally arrive in Trier and meet up with Maureen and Richard. They are old friends of my parents and have agreed to put me up for the next few nights. They recognized me at once saying I look like my parents, of course I smiled and said you don't have to be mean. HAHA. Well after we got in the car we went to the top hill of Trier were we could see all ...

... from their work for the time I was there and I am forever grateful for their efforts to see to it that I was literally spoiled rotten. I only hope I can repay their devotion in the same way if they decide to give us a visit in the USA.


All three sisters, Hannelore and Reinhard, as well as Christiane and Ingrid deserve a very special thanks. They are all super people.

Sorry just pics for the mo!!

Writing this on Mon 3rd in Germany.

Luxembourg is one of my favourite places so far, it was so beautiful & very quaint! We went out for dinner & had a cider by the river! It's in one of the pictures - you can see the blue parasols. We walked back along the river & all the little lanterns came on & it really was ...

... up to Echternach, then down through the Moselle Valley, which is the wine region in Luxembourg. I was nervous about doing this, but kept telling myself that I drove a manual transmission for years, and that I drive in downtown Toronto all the time, so really how hard could it be? Downtown Luxembourg is just as congested as Toronto and probably more confusing (lots of 1-way streets), but it's much smaller. I figured if I could just get out of the city, I'd be fine. At first, I ...

... station for my return to Frankfurt. Four hours later I was in Frankfurt, found the hotel, had dinner at a Thai restaurant again and to bed ready for the return home in the morning. The trip home was very uneventful, although I was again recognized by one of the Flight Attendants on the flight from Frankfurt-Detroit. I was sitting in my front row economy seat when she approached and asked me if I was a retired pilot or a frequent flier ...

... Universe will ensure that we do get what we need to get what we want even if we aren't that clear ourselves. Once we have determined what our purpose is, what our dreams are, what we are wishing for, we can no longer be wishy-washy about going about it. Just go for it. There is no reason to settle and to say, "Hey, this is good enough!", even though what you currently have isn't what you set out for. I found, at least, two women during my Expedition that would have ...

... I went up to the self service ticket machine, which I used a lot in Italy, but the machine here was not nearly as user friendly. I finally picked my times, it was going to cost 27 euro, and then my card wouldn't work. I went to the ticket counter to buy my tickets (which involves standing in a long line, but she gave me a one day pass for my tickets instead of having specific times, which would give me ...