Aux Anciennes Tanneries Wiltz

... 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 ...

... the airport, thereby discretely crossing an international border. From then on I was in France. The airport really is located right on the border, and there are separate French and Swiss zones. After checking in, I waited in the Air France lounge and read Swiss and French newspapers as well as an interesting book my father suggested to me called Seven Men Who Rule the World from the Grave, all the while sipping cappuccino to make sure my eyes stayed open.

The flight to Paris left ...

... heard some Luxemburgish music and I liked it. Conrad worked on the computer to map our route for tomorrow while Karyn and I chatted. Spoogy sat in her lap for a bit and then made his way to mine. He is a very sweet dog! We all went to bed at 11 pm. I stayed up for an hour more to upload pictures while making a tent with my blanket. I hid under it because it was warmer that way! I drifted off to sleep at midnight.

Having failed to find anyway reasonably priced to stay in Luxembourg City, we instead found a hostel in the city of Wiltz, for the bargain price of €13. Until now we had never heard of Wiltz, and it was the other end of the country to the capital, but we reasoned that Luxembourg was only a small country, so it couldn't be that far away. It was also a city, so it wasn't like we were going to be in the ...

... painted around you, so that it felt you were in that environment. In the evening, I went to the cinema to see 'Street Kings' at the cinema - it was really busy there on a Saturday but managed to get in there. Now I have to decide whether I should go to see Indiana Jones that comes out on Thursday? Will he be too old or will it still be good? Mmmmm Sunday On Sunday morning, I went with Robbie to 'Little Britain' and English shop about 20 ...

... as a side effect of everything looking so well maintained and pretty, everything is expensive, and everything is designer. There are no cheapish shops...and Luxembourgers regularly drive over one of their borders (usually the German border to Trier) to do their shopping. After a bit of a kefuffel with parking (again) we set of by foot through the city, and down into the valley to see the old fortress, carved into the cliffs. We ...

... bei nakvynė sioje salyje. Nakvynę dar reikėjo rasti, nes is ryto to nepadarėme. Pries isvaziuojant is Liuksemburgo valstybėlės, dar sustojam degalinėje degalų, kadangi jie čia gerokai pigesni nei Prancūzijoje ar Vokietijoje. Tokie gudrūs buvom toli grazu ne vieninteliai, nes eilės degalinėje buvo man neregėtai didelės.

... 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.