Luxembourg

Tanja took us for a day trip to the beautiful Luxembourg city. I think Autumn would have to be it's best season.

... people (nice ones hopefully!). But as I made my plans I was offered the opportunity to do 3 months work for a company in Luxembourg. Great I thought - I get to experience working overseas, I can add to my CV, earn some money doing what I enjoy and start ...

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... or two and then head out, on my way again! hahaha Cultural Insights: -There is a constitutional monarchy (grande duche). -Luxembourg has been occupied by 5 countries in its history (Netherlands, France, Germany, Italy and England) therefore it has ...

... the first time on this trip I have really noticed a language barrier at all because in the Netherlands everyone speaks english.  In Luxembourg, the most common languages are French and German, so we kind of had to use what little French we knew to find ...

... 's ramparts and visited the 'most beautiful balcony in Europe' (see photo). along the way we visited the Grand Ducal Palace (Luxembourg was declared a neutral Duchy in 1867 - due to it's quite delicate placing between France and Germany!). It was here ...

... around the pedestrian district in the Haute Ville and did some shopping, saw a carnival, and ate some cheese (although not Luxembourg cheese - apparently there's nothing called that here). So, on to what I did today: as many of you know, I'm a ...