Day Trippin to the Lux

We had a free Saturday and since we finished our binge watch of Dexter, I decided that we should hop in the car and drive to Luxembourg.  I research all of our trips as thoroughly as I can, so the week before I started that process of finding out where to eat and what to see.  Luxembourg is an easy city to stroll, eat, and enjoy the atmosphere.  There are some touristy spots, but in my opinion its not really necessary to see them all.

I made the commitment to take Molly with us on this trip, so that did limit the sites we could enter or not.  Like before, I used the Tripomatic app to map out the sites we wanted to see and what route we were going to take.  The kicker for this trip was we made our way to the Lux without a GPS.  Recently, our charger died and we have a new one in route.  I did google directions ahead of time, and we made it to the city easily, but finding parking was difficult.  We made 3 circles around the city until we finally decided on the Monterey parking lot.  In reality the city is a big circle, so any parking garage would probably work.

We first tried to see the Adolphe Bridge, but it was under construction.  Nearby is the citadel and Notre Dame church.  We made a pit stop at the Golden Bean Coffee shop, which was a great place to stop and grab a cafe au lait.  Shortly up from the Golden Bean was a cute square with people, music, and restaurants.  We found a cute place to sit outside and grab some lunch.  I had my usual goat cheese salad and Ryan had some yummy quiche.

From there we made our way towards the Grund district.  We followed signs, maps, and everything but had trouble finding out how to get down there!  We even hopped some fences, so who knows where we were! We eventually curved around to find the Grand Ducal Palace.  They have a guard outside the Palace that we watched, but since we had Molly did not go in and check it out.

Close by the Palace are the Bock Casemates.  These are the old tunnels and fortifications around the city from centuries ago.  It is pretty cheap to enter and they even have guided tours.

After seeing most of the highlights of the city, we walked around and enjoyed people watching, looking into shops, and finding some yummy pastries.  Two recommended places were Oberweiss and Namur.  I tried both and have to say its a toss up! They were both great in their own ways.

Luxembourg wasn't our favorite city by any means, but it was pretty and fun to eat some yummy French food and get to use my French.  In November, we will be hitting up the American Cemetery there, which is supposed to be full of history.  There is also a place called the Viandon Castle that is supposed to be worth a visit.  If you have a longer day you could probably squeeze both of those attractions into a day trip also.