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Making My Way to Luxembourg City

It would be my first real weekend in Germany.

I arrive the weekend before, but all I did was to sleep and sleep and sleep to adjust my body clock.

So, this was during the last week of August 2008. The summer was still very much alive here and autumn was so far away.

Together with a friend, we planned a day trip to Luxembourg. It’s not that far away, really.

One way journey would only take about 4 hours. They would tell you that by European rail standards, 4 hours is not far. Far would be something like 9-10 hours.

The journey to Luxembourg  includes a 1 hour bus ride from Aachen to Eupen, a small Belgian city at the Germany-Belgium border. Eupen is also the last town where the Belgian national rail network stops.

At Eupen, we bought our train tickets at 41 Euros each for a return trip. The journey would take 4 hours. We had to change trains at Liege Guillemins with a waiting time of about 30 minutes in between.

And after 4 hours inside the train, we arrived in Luxembourg.

That’s country number 17th on my passport, and still counting!

Some photos of how this beautiful Luxembourg City looked like. More photos of Luxembourg City here.

Luxembourg City's Main Train Station

Luxembourg City's Main Train Station

The Adolphe Bridge in Luxembourg City

The Adolphe Bridge in Luxembourg City
The Royal Palace in Luxembourg City

The Royal Palace in Luxembourg City

View of the Fortress From Above the Valley

View of the Fortress From Above the Valley

The Fortress from Another Side of The Valley

The Fortress from Another Side of The Valley

Old Fotress in Luxembourg City

Old Fotress in Luxembourg City

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Luxembourg City!

Luxembourg

That’s the Adolphe Bridge in Luxembourg City.

I must say Luxembourg is such a beautiful country, at least it’s city for it’s small size compared to other European countries.

My first reaction when I was there was, Wow! Simply beautiful.

The city center sits on top of a cliff that drops into narrow valleys that has 2 rivers passing through them. The cliffs are about 70-80m in height which makes the whole city landscape such a beautiful sight. There are several bridges built across the valleys for pedestrians, trains and cars and they’re visible from almost all angles.

Put all these great landscapes together with a bright sunny, blue sky, cloud free day, it makes photography even more exciting for this beautiful city.

Palace of The Grand Dukes

The 4.5 hours journey from where I am to Luxembourg was very much worth it. Took the earliest bus here at 7am to the Belgian border town of Eupen and then boarded the train straight to Luxembourg. As it was only a day trip, there wasn’t much time left to explore the city, otherwise we won’t get to catch the last train and bus back to Germany.

So, 6 hours wasn’t really that much. It was just enough. But for some people, it’s more than enough. Not for me because I love taking photos.

Here’s more of Luxembourg’s photos.

I just saw that it actually snows in Luxembourg and I’ll definitely be back there when it snows this winter!

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