Luxembourg Trip
The capital of Luxembourg, the country, is Luxembourg, the city, which
I will call Luxembourg City
from here out. We were headed for the former, in particular, we were
trying to located a chalet in an up-country town called Vianden. We
found our way out of Metz and got onto the European highway system,
which
is a lot like the one in the U.S. except that the transition between
limited-access road and city streets is a lot more casual.
Our route took us up the eastern border of Luzembourg with Germany, and
we found our way without difficulty, except for one misstep. Somehow,
we missed a turn and ended up in Trier, Germany. Because there was no
indication that we had crossed the border, and the region has a long
history of alternating dominance by France and Germany, we only
gradually became aware of our displacement. Once we discovered the
difficulty, we were able to backtrack, find where we had gone astray
and continue northward in Luxembourg.
Our route followed rivers: the Moselle in France and the Sûre and
Our in Luxembourg. We stopped along the way to take some pictures of
the Sûre.
Because we had lost some time and were getting hungry, we decided to
try our luck with a roadside restaurant. And we lucked out, having a
very nice meal in Reisdorf, Luxembourg at the Kohl-Pott restaurant.
Eventually, we found our way to Vianden, where we strolled the streets,
shooting some pictures.
We took an alternative route on the way back, heading south through the
middle of Luxembourg. We thought that this would save us time, but we
made a mistake. Instead of going around Luxembourg City on the
limited-access highway, we somehow ended up on city streets. Our Google
maps were limited, the street names were hard to pick out or
non-existent, and there were one-way streets to contend with. This
stressful interlude cost us an extra hour, and we resolved to buy a GPS
before undertaking another driving trip.