Germany - Belgium - Luxembourg - France - Germany

Thursday, 30 June

We left about 10 in the morning for a trip through four countries. We travelled through Belgium on the motorway (and saw to my disbelief the lights every 50 metres), to Luxembourg. We stopped at Weiswampach at a type of supermarket attached to a petrol station, for more chocolate, etc (it was cheap and delicious, what can I say?) I was attracted to some medieval models and bought a black knight on a horse.

We drove on and drove through the city of Luxembourg but I was too slow to take any photos of some of the impressive-looking buildings. My brother didn’t want to stop, as there was really nothing much to see and the traffic wasn’t easy to negotiate. The buildings elsewhere in Luxembourg were dull, unadorned boxes. Some lovely countryside though. We crossed the border into France and stopped at a bar in a place called Cattenom and had a Kronenbourg beer.



It was time to head back home, back through Luxembourg along the Mosel river, through wooded valleys, past vineyards [photo to come] and camping grounds. We got to the town of Vianden in the Ardennes and towering above the town was an impressive looking castle. The oldest part of the castle dates back to the 11th century and was the home of the counts of Vianden in the 12th and 13th centuries. Some horrible local merchant pulled it down in the 19th century and it remained in ruins until 1977 when it was transferred to the state. The restoration is pretty impressive (from the outside anyway - we didn't go inside). [photo to come]

Returned to Aachen via Belgium.