Our final day was spent exploring Luxembourg City. The most impressive thing about it was how it is built up on a hill and had great views over the old parts of the city from the top. Otherwise, the city was a wreck with massive, noisy construction projects so that took away from its appeal on this visit. It would be nice to go back in warmer weather for comparison- totally doable at it is only 4 hours away. I'm not sure I'd ever heard of Luxembourg before we moved here (I'm a math and science gal, not a geography buff!). European countries that are even smaller than Luxembourg: Vatican City (check), Monaco, San Marino, Liechtenstein, Malta (our April break destination), and Andorra. Had you heard of all of these?
We went to the tourist office and got directions to the infamous "pirate ship" playground in the city park. People in Luxembourg speak French, German and Luxembourgish as well as English and who knows what other languages! Apparently in schools there, the students alternate the language they are taught in every year! We had heard that the international school there was very well paying and considered looking into a move there in the future, but we are happy in Amsterdam and enjoy the city here a lot more.
Built into the bedrock under the original Luxembourg City fortress are extensive casements that began around 1644. You can still tour the tunnels that remain, which would have been really cool, but it was not stroller accessible so that was out. So instead, we took the much more modern elevator to the old district of the Grund below. The Natural History Museum was closed for renovations, but we found another playground at the foot of the fortress where Maeve took her first swing ride!
Back at the AirBnB I offered to take Maeve for a walk, while the boys picked up dinner so that I could enjoy the beautiful scenery. It was really nice to spend "fall break" soaking in fall instead of trying to find warmer weather elsewhere. Looking forward already to next year's trip... wherever that may be! Au revoir and chus Herfstvakantie!
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