Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Here is an update that I sent to a few people, describing orientation and the first few days..

I think the best way to describe the towns and cities of Luxembourg is sort of like a fairy tale. Everything is small and quaint and charming. The villages are all sort of built in to valleys, and when you drive through the country, you turn a corner and are looking down on what looks like a postcard. The houses are all tall and like townhouses, and painted different bright colors. The chateua where we have our classes is about a 25 minute train ride from the village where I live. The big city, Lux City, is about a ten minute ride. Our hosue is in a nice location, in the middle and easily accessible. We have cards that give us free public transportation to everywhere in Luxembourg, so that is really awesome and I hope to take advantage of it. So far, we have toured the town of Differdange (where the chateua is), toured and gone out to dinner and bars in Luxembourg city, visited the American and German military memorials and graveyards from the battle of the bulge, visited a castle in Vidande, and a winery in the Moselle region where we tasted their specialty Charmante, a sparkline wine that is like champagne. It has been a whirlwhind, but great.

1 comment:

  1. Hi Caroline,

    This is Denise, Dana's cousin. Lisa shared your blog address with me so I could be reminded of Luxembourg. :)

    What town are you living in? It sounds like Bettembourg..am I right? If so, that's where I lived too!

    Take care and continue to soak in every minute,

    Denise Magoto

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