Castle Hunt - Luxembourg

We were very successful in our quest to see a castle in Luxembourg. We spent two nights in Luxembourg City, where we explored the old fortifications rising up from the rivers Petrusse and Alzette. We also took a day trip out to Vianden to see the castle there that sits perched high above the village.

Although Luxembourg is smaller than Rhode Island it has three official languages: French, German and Luxembourgish. There was a significant language barrier for us because we didn't know which language to speak at any given time. But we tried anyway with a little bit of French, German, English and even Dutch when all else failed! Sometimes we were understood and sometimes we weren't, like when we ordered cheese pizza for Drew and ended up with a ham and bacon one. Or when we ordered three vanilla ice creams and ended up with one chocolate one.

The pictures below are from our adventures. It was very difficult to choose just a few pictures to show. It is a beautiful country and both towns were very charming. A funny note: Alyssa, Drew and Megan became the subject of many photos when a bus of Japanese tourists came by. I'm sure you can imagine how well that went over - a group of "strangers" trying to pose with our very "outgoing" children.