• Luxembourg,  Travel

    Diekirch – Carnival Cavalcade

    Yesterday, I was fortunate enough to see the Carnival Cavalcade in Diekirch, Luxembourg. This was such a fun and unique experience. There are about 100 photos in today’s post, so this will be a long one. Getting there I started my day by accidentally sleeping until noon. Thanks, rolladen and jet lag! I sprang from bed, got dressed as quickly as possible and grabbed my things, before running out to catch the train. We’re a little outside town, so I have to take a bus to the train station. There was, unfortunately, only 5 minutes to get from the bus to the train, once I got to the central station,…

  • Luxembourg

    Luxembourg – April 2018

    In April, we visited Luxembourg and fell. in. love.  The city is absolutely beautiful and so picturesque up on the mountain.  We loved the food and the people we met.  We enjoyed venturing outside of Luxembourg city to Echternach, Joe’s familial home town.  Food I loved the food of Luxembourg.  It’s a peculiar mixture of German and French cuisines, and is quite unique.  I love the heavy, saucy, creamy, old-world style foods, so I thoroughly enjoyed it.  We visited a brewery and had bouneschlupp, a green bean and ham soup, followed by Kniddelen for me, which is a giant version of spaetzle, and Wainsaucisse for Joe.  The kniddelen were superb,…