to town
27/07/10 22:57 Categorised as: Holidays | Summer 2010
to Luxembourg city that is. By bus.
To explore on foot. Luxembourg is a surprising city, with a long history and a particularly unlikely location for any city, let alone a capital.
The city straddles the deep, wooded gorge of la Petrusse
![Pont Adolphe and the Petrusse Gorge from Pl. de la Constitution](l1013467.jpg)
We walked the gorge. Under bridges
![In the Petrusse Valley](l1013478.jpg)
and the fortifications of the medieval town
![Casemates du Bock](l1013486.jpg)
through old and new
![European City of Culture 1995](l1013490.jpg)
by the Abbaye de Neumünster
![Abbaye de Neumünster](l1013494.jpg)
along the riverside
![River Alzette](l1013509.jpg)
and back up into the town
![Grund Panorama](l1013532-edit.jpg)
Oh yes, and of course it’s a Grand Duchy, so there’s a Palais Grand Ducal
![Palais Grand Ducal](l1013454.jpg)
and a cathedral too
![Cathédral de Nôtre Dame](l1013465.jpg)
(post-war rebulit: Luxembourg was in the “Bulge”, when Patton came through)
And then it’s back on the bus, and back to Echternach, and our room in the Hostellerie de la Basilique, overlooking the Place de la Marché
![Place de la Marché, Echternach](l1013540.jpg)
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