Arriving in Luxembourg

From Trier, we drove about 45 minutes to Luxembourg City in Luxembourg.  This little country is 51 miles long and 35 miles wide.  It’s nestled between Germany, France and Belgium.  Most people there speak French.  The population last year was about 683,000.

After settling into The City Hotel near the main train station, we were ready to go exploring.  We learned that all the public transportation here is free, fast and efficient.  So off we went with our little map.  The Old Town is the gray area in the map center.  That’s where we headed.

From the tram, this was one of our first views.  I thought we saw Angel Moroni on the left!

We walked into town, visited the tourist information office, then planned our own 2-hour walking tour.

Here’s an interesting way of polling in the main plaza–cast your cigarette butts here:

Here’s Wilhelm II (Guillaume II) on a horse.

Everywhere we looked we saw something interesting.

From the big plaza we went a block or two to see the Grand Palace of the Grand Duke and duchess of Luxembourg , Henri and Maria-Theresa.  A very formal, stiff guard marched back and forth in front of the door. Next to that was Parliament (Chamber of Deputies).

It was classic and impressive.

Here are some fun shop signs:

Then we wound our way down the streets, gradually moving downhill to the St. Michael’s, the oldest church in the city.

I always love a good sit in an old church.  Next to the old city fortification ruins.