date 03-Apr-2007
subject they speak Letzebuergesch in Luxumburg
Hello there!
Yes, yet another update. Mark is away in Germany for 3 days, so i am finding ways to stay busy :) I was going to go with him, but my sisters and cousin arrive tomorrow afternoon in Brussels, and I wouldn't have been back in time to pick them up.
We got away to Luxembourg this weekend. it was a lovely drive--the country is so green and lush with lots of rolling hills and little villages scattered throughout. The country has a little less than half a million residents, and has 3 main languages--german, french and letzebuergesch. its funny, in one town, the waitress spoke german (similar enough to dutch that we could make some stuff out), the grocer what i can only imagine was letz and the hotel keeper french...very confusing for us--as we would leave a place we found ourselves saying: dag, chuss, au revoir, addi!
So this weekend mark literalized the term "i'm so hungry i could eat a horse". yup, i am very proud to say that my knight in shining armour, daring and adventurous as he is, ordered horse. see picture attached. we both agreed it was tender (surprisingly), but just not as tasty as cow. and we did discuss how it felt a little strange eating such a useful animal...
We visited Château de Boursheid, a 1000 year old castle, stopped for a beer in Diekirch (the town of 6000 that houses the national brewery), 
meandered through the quaint town of Echternach beautifully situated on the Sure river, and ended up in Vianden, a medieval town with one of the most impeccably restored castles in all of europe for the night. in the morning we hiked up to a lookout point, explored the castle and chilled out by river. it was really nice :)Hope you enjoy the pictures.
be sure to notice me in blue on the bridge in the daytime look at the castle. mark insisted i be in it...i really made the picture memorable ha ha, bonne temps :)tot ziens :)
from the two of us
