The blurb from the WWW
Luxembourg is about half the size of Delaware.
The Ardennes Mountains extend from Belgium into the northern section of
Luxembourg. The rolling plateau of the fertile Bon Pays is in the
south.
Luxembourg, once part of Charlemagne's empire,
became an independent state in 963, when Siegfried, count of Ardennes,
became sovereign of Lucilinburhuc (“Little Fortress”). In
1060, Conrad, a descendant of Siegfried, took the title count of
Luxembourg. From the 15th to the 18th century, Spain, France, and Austria
held the duchy in turn. The Congress of Vienna in 1815 made it a grand
duchy and gave it to William I, king of the Netherlands. In 1839, the
Treaty of London ceded the western part of Luxembourg to Belgium. The
eastern part, continuing in personal union with the Netherlands and a
member of the German Confederation, became autonomous in 1848 and a
neutral territory by decision of the London Conference of 1867, governed
by its grand duke. Germany occupied the duchy in World Wars I and II.
Allied troops liberated the enclave in 1944.
Luxembourg joined NATO in 1949, the Benelux
Economic Union (with Belgium and the Netherlands) in 1948, and the
European Economic Community (later the EU) in 1957. In 1961, Prince Jean,
son and heir of Grand Duchess Charlotte, was made head of state, acting
for his mother. She abdicated in 1964, and Prince Jean became grand duke.
Luxembourg's parliament approved the
Maastricht Accord, paving the way for the economic unity of the EU in July
1992. Crown Prince Henri was sworn in as grand duke in Oct. 2000,
replacing his father, Jean, who had been head of state for 26 years.
We'll have to go back when the kids don't hate life, it'll be better then.
And there will be pictures of them then.
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| Oh yeah, you are going to get boring nature shots |
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| Eyeball tree |
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| Warty tree |
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| The day we visited, crazy right |
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| Stairs down the wall |
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| And more stairs, it's a long way from top to bottom |
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| Bridge over troubled ravine |
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| Climb for you life |
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| Take me home UFO |
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| Would the French die if it weren't a perfect garden |
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| The Tin Man, I think this one has a heart because he moves |
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| Just liked it |
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| Antique and Junk Market |
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| Lovely large church, with ghostly Aurelia |
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| The Church Entryway |
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| Aurelia letting loose with her own kind |
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| Crazy man by a restaurant, I think he's hungry |
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| Apparently soldiers have to do this all over the world |
