During this process, we were telling people of our plans to go to Luxembourg and every single response we got back was negative (with the exception of Javier, who has never been to Luxembourg). Even Emma’s usually positive and upbeat French teacher was like, “don’t go there, there’s nothing to do”. Everyone said it would be boring and there was nothing to see.
Well……….
SERIOUSLY? What are you people thinking? Luxembourg is a great city with an archaeological site you can walk around, and GREAT ruins. The main attraction of the city, the casemates or underground caves you can walk around in the foundations of the old fortress were even closed and we still had a great time. I mean, I’m not saying people should pick up and move to Luxembourg city, but it is a wonderful city to visit for the weekend, and it is cute, has some great sites and is quite inexpensive.
In addition to seeing Luxembourg City, we also went to Esch-sur-Sûre,(Pictured Below), a town with a population of 250, and a great “crumbly” ruin (as Emma’s guidebook describes, although she claims to have seen much “crumblier” ones in Greece) at the top of a hill.
The town sits, peninsula style, in a bend in a river, and is built around a small hill. Similar to hill towns in Italy I have seen. It is very picturesque and was very quiet! (Although we are told that motorcyclists tend to descend upon the town in the late spring and summer, ruining most of the silence).
All in all, the trip was very successful, and the all you can eat salad and soup bar and free breakfast at the hostel was simply the icing on the cake.
Therefore, if you are in Europe, and you have a free weekend, Luxembourg is a great, inexpensive option.
I'm going to upload some more pictures tonight, (see right hand column)! There are some winners!
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2 comments:
It sounds wonderful. I particularly like the use of the adjective "crumbly" by the guidebook. :)
I don't know what people were talking about either...I loved Luxembourg! We stopped there on our way back from Bastogne last March. My only disappointment, I managed to find the American Military Cemetery so I could go see Patton's grave...and it closed before we got there! Grr...when will I be in Luxembourg city again and the darn thing was closed?!
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