Blumer Family

Friday, May 13, 2005 -- Another fine day in Europe. We left Germany for French-speaking (or "kind of" French-speaking) Luxembourg. What a neat city! The city is built on cliffs, as you can see from the picture. We enjoyed our day here the most so far. Before we got to the city, we first visited the US WWII Memorial Cemetery where over 5,000 US soldiers are buried, including General Patton. Down the road is the German cemetery. What a contrast! The German cemetery is stark, with over 10,000 buried, with 4 soldiers per grave marker (one per marker in the US cemetery). We toured the Notre Dame of Luxembourg. Again, beautiful stained glass, towering pillars and fabulous paintings. The Casemates are tunnels bored in the cliffs to defend the city. We really had a great time walking around there. It was clean and well-maintained, and especially enjoyable place to visit. Our return trip took us through scenic valleys, including the "Valley of Seven Castles." We only saw 3, and those not so big compared to others, but it was a nice drive nonetheless.

View from the walk along the Luxembourg City wall toward the "Casemates."