Well, this blog officially just got WAY behind. The last time I updated was May! But, I have great excuses. We have had so much fun entertaining visitors, the kids finally finished school, and I have been super busy with photo shoots. So now, I am going to make an effort to get this little blog of mine caught up. It could take a while so bear with me.
June 8-9 we headed to Luxembourg City in Luxembourg. Yes, Luxembourg is a country and even smaller than Belgium. Rhode Island is 1,545 sq miles and Luxembourg is only 999 square miles…so…it's really small. Just two hours away (Brussels to Luxembourg City,) this little country has three official languages...French, German, and Luxembourgish. But, when they spoke it was more like a combination of all three, so we stuck with English and managed just fine. Luxembourg City is beautiful and incredibly clean. We stayed in the business district for under 100 euros and could walk to the main parts of the city. On Sunday, we spent the latter part of the afternoon enjoying the city.
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| Can you see the kids way over there? |
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| There they are! |
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| The old and new |
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| Daddy's girl |
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| Nothing like enjoying some gospel music in the middle of Luxembourg. They were fabulous! |
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| We ate at Chi-Chi's….which is totally embarrassing. But, it was so hot, they had one open table, and they serve margaritas that aren't terrible. Sold! |
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| Gelato break |
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| Our walk back to the hotel involved crossing over this bridge. Luckily, heights do not bother any of us. |
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| Thomas was nicknamed "Stick" by the Kolvek family. He could not wait to get on wifi and share this picture with them. |
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| Fancy new elevator. Am I behind or is this a new look? I'm probably way behind. |
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| Crazy people |
Monday (a holiday in Belgium) we were off to the "Little Switzerland" area of Luxembourg. This hiking area, just thirty minutes from Luxembourg City, came highly recommended from friends in Belgium. We are always up for a good hike, so off we went!
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| Our route for the day. It took about four hours total to complete the loop. In Allison's opinion, that was four hours too long. Ha! |
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| First stop was the waterfall. |
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| Lunch stop |
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| Following the path markers. |
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| Selfie time…pretending she's having fun! |
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| Body language says so much! Maybe you shouldn't drink your two bottles of fluids in the first half hour of the hike on a 90 degree day. Just saying'... |
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| Done… Physical activity is just not her thing. I wish you could have heard the commentary of this hike. Her leg, knee, arm, and side hurt…sometimes all at once. I'm not sure one positive comment left her mouth. To say she was driving Chris nuts would be the understatement of the century. But we love her, and once we were in the air conditioned car eating Pringles, she was just fine! |
We survived! It was a great weekend, and we highly recommend this trip if you have a night to spare or even just a full day. It's nice having places like this so close. Stay tuned for the rest of June.
Until next time,
Wendy
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