Gooday friends. Today, i've decided (with the help of some Absinthe) to blog. Update you guys, and future me on the things I've been up to in the damn great city of Paris.
So i shall start with our weekend trip to Luxembourg. Albeit it being with Phyllis, it was overall a really fruitful trip, because we used every single minute we had to DO something. First day we made elaborate plans for sightseeing and over the weekend, realized those plans. Did a tour on the first day- "1000 years in 100 minutes" which took us around the old relics of Luxembourg city, including inside the old castle/fortress, and the ruins around the area. I must say, our tour guide was AMAZING. He was this old man who had the energy of someone half his age, with a deep, charismatic, commanding voice that kept you engaged all the way. Spoke half in English and half in French too, so that was good for my practice :D
That night, we had dinner at a nice Luxembourgish restaurant, pretty posh, awesome food. However, things took a turn for the worst when we tried to walk back to our hostel, but got hopelessly...and i mean hoplessly, lost. For some reason (Phyllis) we walked into a traffic tunnel which stretched for about 1.5km and walked through it the entire way only to exit it and realize that we had put ourselves in the opposite side of the city. Absolutely tired and a little nervous cos it was getting dark and there were no street lamps where we were staying, we scrutinized the map and managed to find the route back-long and arduous as it was. By the end of night 1, my feet were sore, my back was aching, but my experience trove was full :)
Next day, we took an very early bus up to Vianden, north of Luxembourg. Froze my ass off, it was about 10 degrees in the morning and I hadn't prepared for that. Still, it was a beautiful small town, complete with grand castle up the hill- such an important, historic vibe it gave to the town. We were just in time for their Nut Festival! I guess this is the time of year for walnut harvests and they make all kinds of things with their nuts like cakes, liqueur, pastries, etc. which was so much fun cos when there's a festival, there are lots of people, walking around, buying stuff, catching up with friends, which lent such a neighbourly, wholesome feel to the place. the castle was awesome too, to think that I was roaming the very hallways that the Duchess of Luxembourg and family once did. I'm really glad we chose to come to Vianden, off the beaten track, nut festival, actual real-life castle...twas gooood.
After which, we headed back to Luxembourg City, about an hour and a half by train+bus and did another walking tour. The host this time was boring so we left earlier and went to find a restaurant, one in which I had authentic Luxembourgish cuisine-pork collar bone smothered in beans and collar-bone sauce. Yum. Then we took the bus to the train station, got our train back to Paris.
One great thing about this trip, was that when we came home (besides the fact that Phyllis practically spent the 2-hour ride holed up in the train toilet cos her ticket got invalidated and that was her way of evading the ticket inspector, who never showed up, but blissfully leaving me to my music and thoughts) it was nice to think "Yay i'm home, and home=Paris" :) :) :)
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