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Luxembourg

“Luxembourg is fairy-tale stuff…complete with happy ending. The story of this land’s tumultuous history beguiles with its counts and dynasties, wars and victories, fortresses and promontories. Only the dragon is missing. It’s no surprise that Luxembourgers are a proud people who national motton, Mir welle bleiwe wat mir sin(We want to remain what we are), sums up their independent spirit.”- Lonely Planet-Luxembourg.

I woke up groggily from my sleep as Polly pulled to a stop. After two hours journey from the city Metz, we were in Luxembourg City. We got out the car and I felt the gentle cool air; much more pleasant than the heat we had in Metz earlier. ‘This is my ideal weather’, I thought. We started out by admiring the stunning view of the lush greens that stretched to the horizon and what look like a castle perched on the hill in the distance to the left. A beautiful bridge connecting inner cities  hanged majestically on the other side completed the picture perfect panoramic view. I like Luxembourg already.

We then set off to the quiet town squares.  Most stores were either closed or about to close for the day.

As we continued to wander aimlessly, we saw a palace guarded by tall iron gates said to house a family of duke and duchess. We look for cafes to sit down and finally settled for a café that sold ice cream and crepes. I had Nutella with banana crepe, dust with sugar and cocoa powder and came with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on the side. Sinfully delicious.

After refueling, we continued walking; we went to a park where there was a small stream and a couple of old impressive stone walls. Autumn was around the corner. So the leaves were turning into tinge of yellow, red and orange.

We came across an open area walled by a modern looking art building on one side and on the other side was a terrace that overlooked the whole rustic and quaint town of Luxembourg and lush greens. Again, the sun setting sky was beautiful with mix mash color of sky blue as well as pastel orange and yellow.

It was then that we decided to head back to the car to continue our journey back home. When I arrived home, the house smelled of olive oil, tomatoes and herbs. In the kitchen, the husband was making spaghetti sauce. It warms my heart each time I see him working the kitchen. Anyways, to wrap up, I think Luxembourg deserves another visit albeit a longer one. I read that to really appreciate the beauty of Luxembourg, one has to travel to north to arrive in Vianden and on towards the southeast, the Moselle Valley, where in between these two, one can see rolling farms, vineyards, little villages, and historic medieval castles.  Now, that would be a road trip to look forward to. Sigh. There're just so many places to go visit. But, until then.

Metz, France

Four women, two countries and one day were all it takes to make an awesome day. Our initial plan was to do a road trip to Metz, France which we did. But since we had extra hours to kill after making our rounds in Metz, Adriana suggested we visit Luxembourg which was jut 60kms drive, equivalent to an hour journey. Brilliant I tell you. The idea of being in two countries, well make that three since we started and ended our journey in Kaiserslautern, Germany. The day was made more awesome with great weather considering the previous days were wet. So after bidding my dear husband farewell, I joined the crew of the day; Eriko, Adriana and of course Polly. The city Metz was pretty cool. At this point, having been to a few cities in Europe, the excitement was derived not so much from seeing but simply from being; yes you see the same ol’ architecture buildings, narrow  and winding streets and alleys, rivers and bridges, cathedrals and museums, creperies and patisseries, that is Europe for me. But of course, I have not been to many other cities in other European countries like Austria, Italy, Spain and Greece that beg to differ. One day. That's the plan But first, Metz....

Where you know that you reach the intended destination

Where there are lanes designated for those who cycles

Where people walk their dogs, eat and sun bask under the mild summer sun

Where creperie/s tempt the weak like me

Where you find gigantic cathedral in amidst the city

Where you're further astounded by the interior of the cathedral

And again...

Where tourist get their tour info pack or map

Where when you see something as cool like this, it means picture time!

Where there's always that sky reaching roof exterior that makes an artistic shot.

Where the river flows under the bridge

Where you looked back and felt glad, you have good company for the day

Where you wished you're living in one of those apartments and you write for living

Where you don't mind walking under the moonlight, relishing on the still river and share silent conversation.

Where, hey, we're back here again.

Where when one is undecided of which path to venture



Where one decides to move on to the next adventure.

Next, Luxembourg. Till then.