July 16 - Day 3 - A Lesson In History

Today we walked around in the town again - also about five miles again, but not as many hills as yesterday. The focus was more on the history of Luxembourg this time. Luxembourg is a small, independent country that fought very hard (with some intelligence and a lot of luck) to stay that way. The beauty of this country is in more than just the landscape.


Memorial for Armed Forces. The lion is the national symbol.

Eternal flame memorial for those who were involved (voluntarily or not) in WWII.

We went to the National Museum of History and Art, but cameras were not allowed there. The museum had artifacts from various time periods in the history of Luxembourg and showed the influence of the major civilizations of each time. My favorite part was a huge mosaic that was found by a farmer buried on his property in northern Luxembourg.

Statue of Princess Amelie of the Netherlands. She was the wife of a Dutch prince who was also the governor of Luxembourg before the country received its own monarchy. This statue is in a large park that wraps around the north side of the town.

Cemetery Notre-Dame. There is a mix of old and new monuments plus some family vaults. The picture does not do it justice - it is way more awesome to see it in person.

Cathedrale Pélerinage à Notre-Dame. The biggest church in town (and possibly in the country). Again, the pictures do not do it justice.

 

Another picture of the beautiful landscape.

Today we ate lunch at Aldebaran, which serves French-influenced Luxembourgish food. Just wanted to state that we are not eating American food all the time.

Closing with today's cheesy-pose picture. The stone in-between us is one of the markers on the Avenue of Liberty, which is the road that General Patton rode in on as the Allies liberated Luxembourg from the Germans in WWII.