Luxembourg is a tiny little country, but the photos looked pretty and we talked to other friends of ours who said it was cute. We knew we only needed a couple hours there, and it was a perfect stop between Bruges and Fuessen so that’s where we headed from Belgium.
My mom has an old friend who actually lives there and welcomed us into her home. It was beautiful!!! She and her family actually couldn’t be there when we were visiting but she arranged to have a friend pick us up from the train station and take us to her apartment. She had thought of everything, including maps of the city for us, bus information and a wonderfully made up room. It was a heavenly break from roughing it through couchsurfing the first few days. We had space to ourselves and could take a really nice long shower without rushing. It was perfect 🙂
Our train the next day left around 1:00 so we had the morning to explore. We headed to Le Chemin de La Corniche, the “most beautiful balcony in the world”. It was actually a lot trickier to find than I thought it would be! We easily found the signs pointing towards it but as we got closer it wasn’t so clear which way to go on the pathway. We wandered around quite a bit and never actually found a sign that proclaimed we were at the balcony. But I think we made it!
It was a pretty view, but nothing I found spectacular. Plus I was still on a high from the beauty of Bruges the day before. Still, it was quiet in Luxembourg and that was a nice chance to relax. After snapping some photos and enjoying the view from the balcony, we decided to explore the Bock Casemates. Entrance fee was only 3 Euros and we spent around an hour or so walking through them. I’d avoid the really steep and narrow staircases if you’re claustrophobic- there were a few that went down for FOREVER and started even making me feel a little nervous. Plus they were extremely steep and long, which made for a long trek back up each time.
It was interesting to see how the city had been fortified and defended many years ago. But again, maybe I’m really picky, I didn’t find it extremely fascinating. From there, we easily followed signs back to the center of town where the buses were. We were hungry and stopped a sidewalk café along the way back to get some food and try some pastries. I had the best éclair I’ve ever tasted here! Who would’ve thought? This also was the start of Pablo’s many, many kebabs he ate the rest of the trip and loved every one.
We had to run for our bus on this trip, just cause we were nervous about being late to the train station. We ended up being ok and had time to make a few purchases at the grocery store next to the station as well. From there we started our very long day of travel to Fuessen. This was our longest day with around 7 or 8 hours of travel planned to get to Germany. Not to mention almost all our trains were late and we missed connections along the way! We were very glad to finally arrive that night, even if it was a couple hours later than we expected.
My final recommendation on Luxembourg: Cute stop if it’s convenient and you have time. But not necessary to go out of the way to hit it.
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