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.