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



We walked the gorge. Under bridges



and the fortifications of the medieval town



through old and new



by the Abbaye de Neumünster



along the riverside



and back up into the town



Oh yes, and of course it’s a Grand Duchy, so there’s a Palais Grand Ducal



and a cathedral too



(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

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