Le Royal Luxembourg

We worked a day and spent a day seeing Luxembourg. Drove along the Mosel, visited Ahn and ate in Wellen, Germany. This is beautiful wine country. If I hadn't been traveling with two mormon colleagues, it might have been fun to visit the wineries and ...

... my cup at passers by. There were still hours to wait so we passed the time enjoying the friendly banter between a cheeky Luxembourg fan and the sightly uptight Danes.  Our energy was waning by early afternoon but we were glad the rain had made ...

We arrived in the late morning so the first thing to do after freshening up is go for lunch. The Centre Ville is walking distance and there are plenty of places to choose from. All of the restaurants have outdoor dining. In the evening the bands and ...

... . The 50.5 acres of land had 2 huge maps which showed the landing of D-day and subsequent advance through France, Belgium, and Luxembourg, a prayer chapel, and memorials to the unknown soldiers. As we got back in the car, I asked my mom and Julie for ...

... swim in the pool followed by a sauna.  After we relaxed for a while, we went around the corner to Place du Luxembourg, bought ourselves a cherry beer and a raspberry beer for a mere €1,50 (yes, beer was thankfully dirt cheap) and hung with the ...

... , take a tour of the Opera, visit the Pantheon, les Invalides, hang out in les Jardins du Luxembourg, walk around the Jardins des Tuileries, visit le Musee de l'Orangerie once again... I mean - the possibilities are endless. The weather was absolutely ...

... soleil cruel accompagné d‘un taux d‘humidité justifiant clairement mon poids actuel de 89kilos (102kilos le jour de mon départ du Luxembourg) ! Au cours de notre deuxième jour nous sommes allés plonger sous les superbes cascades ...

One of my favorite museums in Paris has always been the Musee du Luxembourg, on the edge of the Luxembourg Gardens. Overseen by the French Senate, it was originally housed in the Palais du Luxembourg, and in 1750, it was the first museum to open in ...

... , we made our way out of the Louvre, feeling enlightened of spirit but empty of stomach.  We made our way to le Jardin du Luxembourg, where we picked up wonderful sandwiches to picnic with.  We sat in the center next to the pond and watched the ...

... , we kept walking, stopping for me to use one of those fantastic self-cleaning toilets that I’d found outside the Jardin de Luxembourg yesterday. They’re amazing: you push a button and the door opens for you. There’s no seat on the ...

... the 97€ in order to see a show.  My favorite time by far was spending several hours in the Jardin Du Luxembourg at the Palais Du Luxembourg (current home of the French senate).  I stumbled upon the quaintest pond with beautiful sculptures ...

... that hit the right spot. Saturday dawned a bit fresher, but still mostly fine - this day we walked through the Jardins de Luxembourg to Musee d'Orsay, which is a fantastic space (old railway station) for display of statues (Rodin again) and works of ...

... and art prints and took some photos of Notre Dame, then cut south to St Germaine and up to the Pantheon, across Jardines du Luxembourg, and down Rue D’Assass to Darroze’s, where I was meeting Wendy and Mark again for dinner. Amazing. We had ...

... . Just that kid of guy. And NOT in a bad way.Oscar Wilde lived in the area. George Sand. We end up at the garden of Luxembourg. The potted trees are grown at the Orangerie in Versailles. You will hear about that later. A chess game, a picnic, a jog, a ...

... line. We decided not to climb the tower but instead wandered into the gardens and took pictures. We headed over to the Luxembourg Gardens which were stunning and filled with red and golden leaves. All of the gardens have lovely benches and hundreds ...

... terra-cotta chimney tops that makes up the vast majority of Paris, with the occassional spot of green that is the Luxembourg gardens or the Tuileries, and a few small spatterings of newer skyskrapers, like the Montparnasse tower.  These new ...