After the backpack escapade, today was expected to be a calmer day. As usual we got ready, grabbed some breakfast and drove off towards Luxembourg. We hadn't heard much about Luxembourg before and didn't quite know what to expect. Luxembourg was about an hour ahead on the same route as Aachen. It was a fantastic, sunny day with temperatures of about 23 degrees. A very scenic 2.5 hour drive later, we got to Luxembourg city.
Before we go into Luxembourg, here's a bit of history. Lucilinburhuc (Luxembourg fort) was setup in 963AD and the town started building around that. Over the years, Luxembourg has lost territory to the French, to Prussia and the Belgians. But today, Luxembourg possesses the highest GDP per capita in the world and is the worlds most industrialized nations. It has one of t
he best standards of living in Europe. More interestingly, it has less than a 1000 people army, no air force or navy!It was nice driving into this calm, well laid out city, past the Spuerkeess, towards the Notre Dame cathedral. After driving around for a few minutes, we found a good parking spot in the old city. Standing next to the Gelle Fra monument, you can see that the Luxembou
rg fort, dismantled in the 1860s, once an imposing site is completely integrated into the old city. We decided to take the road-train tour around the fort. It gave us a nice talk-through historic tour of the fort and the old streets.After the tour, we walked around the local shops and cafe's grabbing something light to eat before heading out towards the extremely modern UN/financial center of Luxembourg.
All in all it was a very good day spent in a very sunny and pretty Luxembourg.
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