Luxembourg in December

So we went to Luxembourg, on a really short notice. We booked the plane at 7pm Friday night and flew out at 9am the following morning. Found cheap tickets and thought, why not?

The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is a super small country, squished between Belgium, France, and Germany. And when I say small, I mean small. In fact, it would fit twice into Prince Edward Island. We went to the main city, Luxembourg and it was an amazing little city. It was a nice mix between old and new buildings; although we didn't hang out in the newer area because it was out of the way and was mainly the business center. We mainly hung out in the old town, which was beautiful. The city used to be a huge castle and the castle walls, turrets and churches still remained. We took soo many pictures, and a lot of it looked like it was out of a fairy tale, and not a real city.



























Luxembourg is a rich country as well, but luckily we found a hostel which was cheap and very, very nice. Also, because it was Christmas, the town square held their Christmas market and was filled with Christmas booths selling, candy, ornaments, soup, sausages, Gluehwein (hot, spiced wine), waffles and other delicious treats. We hung out at the Christmas market a lot because it was such a nice atmosphere with lots going on. Besides that we also wandered around through the cobblestone streets, appreciating the European buildings and life.
























Without knowing it, we had booked this trip on the weekend that Luxembourg hosts a fireworks display on their bridge, Ponte Adolph which spans over a huge valley. After a lot of walking down paths late at night, we found the perfect viewing point for the fireworks display in an uncrowded area in the valley. The fireworks where great, not quite as good as "Thunder in the Valley" in Crowsnest Pass, but they where really good.



We flew out Sunday night at 18:45, the flight home only took 35 mins. We were barely in the air and the pilot already announces that we are starting our decent to land. We got home by 9 and started getting ready for the Christmas party we are hosting on Tuesday, December 12th; which is also dads birthday!!

Merry Christmas everyone!