Luxembourg
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
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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to IJmuiden, thence to Vianden
07/07/10 23:57 Categorised as: Holidays | Summer 2010
sure enough it’s a sunny start to the day when we sail into IJmuiden...
and that sunshine stays with us as we wander south, ending this first day down below the castle
down by the riverside
in the village of Vianden on the river Our on the eastern side of Luxembourg,