Luxembourg

Cough, Cough. I was a little under the weather last week so I'm behind in posts. All year I've waited for the weather to warm up. Last weekend it did - 80ish! But, I got a sinus infection and felt like crapola and couldn't even enjoy it. I'm feeling much better now and it's in the 70's for a few more weeks.

Anyway, last Saturday we got up bright and early and drove three hours south to Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. Luxembourg is right below Belgium on the map. If you scan too fast you'll miss it b/c it is pretty small. It's surrounded by France, Germany and Belgium.

Much to our surprise Luxembourg City was a very cosmopolitan city. Much more with the times than the entire country of Belgium. It was the week before Jazz festival there was everyone was gearing up for that. We had lunch outside (at another Chi-chi's we found) and listened to jazz music, strolled through an antique fair, saw the Royal Palace, and the main church for the city. We really enjoyed the city and wouldn't hesitate to come back.

Click HERE to see our Luxembourg pics.

Our hotel had a swimming pool which we were more excited about than the actual touring of the city. The bathing suite of choice for men in Europe is a speedo. Most pools require men to wear a speedo but thankfully the Hilton didn't. You know how in the U.S if you see a man wearing a speedo you usually do a double take? Well, that's what everyone did for Scott as he made his big splash into the pool with his long Hawaiian patterned shorts. He was the odd man out!

The next morning we drove over to the U.S Military Cemetery and saw General Patton's grave. Scott, who randomly knows more about General Patton than I knew, said that he didn't die in the war, he died in a car accident back in the U.S a few months after the war ended. His request was to be buried with his troops.

Oh, I forgot: We saw Die Hard 4 at the movies in Luxembourg. I had a Die Hard marathon previous week and saw 1 through 3. This last one was my favorite by far. I was talking about the movie two days later!

On Monday morning, I woke up to the sound of gun shots. I ran to the window and was in shock for a few seconds....then I saw the cameras and director....they were filming a local TV show on my street. They were here all week and filmed each scene 10 times so I got to hear a lot of tires screeching and gun shots over and over all week!