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Glad the restaurant was good for breakfast as well and VERY glad the bus tour was elsewhere. Nice shots of the city and I'm glad to see some blue sky peeping through.
Glad the restaurant was good for breakfast as well and VERY glad the bus tour was elsewhere. Nice shots of the city and I'm glad to see some blue sky peeping through.
Oooh, I love the first glimpses of Luxembourg! Very photogenic. The different levels reminds me of Quebec City a little bit.
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Cheryl, sorry you didn't like Strasbourg. DH and I did a Rhine River cruise in July and one of the stops was Strasbourg. We loved the city and, as Laurie said, the Cathedral is beautiful. Great architecture in the old part of the city.
Cheryl, sorry you didn't like Strasbourg. DH and I did a Rhine River cruise in July and one of the stops was Strasbourg. We loved the city and, as Laurie said, the Cathedral is beautiful. Great architecture in the old part of the city.
That's good to know. Maybe we'll get back there one day and see what it's like.
I like your hotel room as it looks quite comfortable! Too bad you didn't have much of a view!
Love those menus in the hotel restaurant. Just hope it doesn't take away from the personal service many of us are used to in restaurants. The food looked quite good. Especially, the salmon tartare and scallops! Quite expensive though! 11.50 Euro for a Creme Brulee!
I think Mark's experience with Erma was certainly the funniest moment of the day! I doubt if Mark would agree with this!
Too bad for the tourist groups! How rude of them! Perhaps, the Asians from the train trip into the alps earlier in the trip were back?
The old city looks quite nice and historic. Love the photos of Clairefontaine Square.
Sorry to hear about the bug bites!
Glad to hear the tourist group didn't join you and Mark for breakfast. Looks like a nice spread.
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I like your hotel room as it looks quite comfortable! Too bad you didn't have much of a view!
I guess that's one of the downsides from being on such high a floor...
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Love those menus in the hotel restaurant. Just hope it doesn't take away from the personal service many of us are used to in restaurants. The food looked quite good. Especially, the salmon tartare and scallops! Quite expensive though! 11.50 Euro for a Creme Brulee!
I know, but it was good - oh and trust me, I'm looking at restaurants for Paris on Thursday and suddenly €11.50 for a dessert seems cheap!
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I think Mark's experience with Erma was certainly the funniest moment of the day! I doubt if Mark would agree with this!
I don't think he would. I still don't think he's forgiven her for that...
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Too bad for the tourist groups! How rude of them! Perhaps, the Asians from the train trip into the alps earlier in the trip were back?
They were definitely from a different part of the world...
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The old city looks quite nice and historic. Love the photos of Clairefontaine Square.
Sorry to hear about the bug bites!
Glad to hear the tourist group didn't join you and Mark for breakfast. Looks like a nice spread.
I know, but it was good - oh and trust me, I'm looking at restaurants for Paris on Thursday and suddenly €11.50 for a dessert seems cheap!
I had a great dinner in the Saint Germain area of Paris earlier this year. It's called La Petite Cour. It's relatively close to those two famous cafes in Paris, Les Deux Magots and Cafe de Flore. It's just one block south of Saint Germain Blvd on 8,Rue Mabillon. It was only a block west of my hotel, which was Hotel Le Clement.
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Glad the fog and rain moved out before your travels began. The breakfast buffet looked quite delicious, and thank goodness the tour groups didn't eat with you all. Luxembourg is a beautiful city.
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I had a great dinner in the Saint Germain area of Paris earlier this year. It's called La Petite Cour. It's relatively close to those two famous cafes in Paris, Les Deux Magots and Cafe de Flore. It's just one block south of Saint Germain Blvd on 8,Rue Mabillon. It was only a block west of my hotel, which was Hotel Le Clement.
Glad the fog and rain moved out before your travels began. The breakfast buffet looked quite delicious, and thank goodness the tour groups didn't eat with you all. Luxembourg is a beautiful city.
Sunday 8 September – part two: that takes some doing!
We came out of there, and headed over to the Palais Grand Ducal, or Palace of the Grand Duchy, which, as the name suggests, is the official residence of the Grand Dukes. The earliest part dates from 1573, when it was originally built to be the residence of the governor of Luxembourg. The palace was extended in both the 18th and 19th centuries. Sadly it’s only open in July and August during certain days of the week, presumably the times of the year that the Grand Dukes aren’t living there. Maybe we’ll have to return when it is open, as the interior is apparently meant to be amazing.
I was fascinated by the soldier keeping guard outside…
… although sadly he totally surprised me and I missed him swiftly back step into his little hut. He did it so quickly, I just couldn’t get the camera ready in time, but my goodness, that must take some doing. Imagine if you were off in your calculations – you’d step back and bash into your guard hut!
We headed into the Place Guillaume II, which unfortunately was undergoing a lot of work, so it was tough to get photos here. It was named after Grand Duke William II, who reigned here from 1840 to 1849, and you can see him in the statue here on top of his horse.
These were everywhere
Some of the work was being done at the Hotel de Ville, or the town hall…
There was also a display here about Marilyn Monroe, although neither of us could figure out what her link was to Luxembourg. We read the British version, and I read some of the much longer French version, but we were still none the wiser as to what the heck it was all about.
We wandered over to the Luxembourg Tourist Information Office, which was about the only thing that was open around here. I managed to find a fridge magnet, and we picked up a map of the city.
From there, we wandered down to the Cathedrale Notre Dame. I have to say here that it was very noticeable that this is the place that the homeless congregated at. Literally every entrance had someone begging outside it.
My guidebook described this cathedral as being “a patchwork of history and styles” and I really couldn’t put it better myself. It was made up of so many different styles that it was hard to fathom which era it came from.
We headed in to admire the cathedral from another angle, and found this in the gardens…
It was really surreal here, as the cathedral was surrounded by government buildings, including one for the Secretary of State. Ok, so no traffic could get in here, due to all the bollards they had around, but even so, being able to walk right up to some of these buildings, none of which appeared to have security was weird.
We headed around to the front of the cathedral, timing it perfectly as a group from a coach was just finishing up…
As we stood there admiring the cathedral, the church bells started to chime, and it wasn’t just the cathedral, it was another church as well. It was like the sparring bells, and wow, what a beautiful sound it was! Mark, however, hates church bells, so it was like purgatory for him…
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Too bad you didn't have much of a view! 
Perhaps, the Asians from the train trip into the alps earlier in the trip were back? 
Imagine if you were off in your calculations – you’d step back and bash into your guard hut! 
Mark, however, hates church bells, so it was like purgatory for him… 
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