Hello! Well we left Trier, and headed for a small city named Echternach, which is in the tiny country of Luxembourg. We met up again with Jennifer and Jeff and kids, walked around the little town for a little while, and found a pizzeria where we all had dinner. Later we headed back to the little, old (but still pricey) hotel for an evening of conversation and the enjoyment of listening to massive snoring on the other side of a paper-thin wall. Reminded me of the good old 100 Mile House days of listening to Dad snore at night - no matter what room of the house we were in.
At the crack of 9:00 the next morning we started our day, and after breakfast, we visited the local abbey museum, which houses the most amazing Illuminated Bible from the middle ages that you can even imagine. The pages were large (probably about 11x17 inches) and were incredibly beautiful. They had page after page displayed under glass, each a magificent work of art. Definitely worthwhile seeing!
Sophie and the others REALLY love Italian gelato. Kim said that Sophie's cone was too large, but I thought that she could handle it.
The whole happy gang (except me), outside of the Abbey museum, which was an abbey palace built in the early 1700s.
The kids wanted to go swimming, but this was all that they could find.
One of the pages of the Illuminated Bible. Each page was incredibly beautifully.
This was the actual gold and ivory jewelled cover of the Bible.
Later that day we drove to Larochette, Luxembourg to visit the ruins of a castle way up on a hill above the town. As you'll see from the photos below, it was spectacular.
The interior of one of the only intact buildings in the castle.
A photo of the town, taken from one of the castle walls.
A decorative carving on the stone wall inside the castle. If you look carefully you can see the archer with what looks like a cross bow.
The entry-way to some underground passages or rooms. There was a fence around the staircase leading down, so we were not able to access them.
A great photo of Kim beside one of the crumbling walls.
Sophie overlooking the town below.
One stone had a cross carved in it. Very cool!
Next stop, Luxembourg City!
Jimy
Wow, this really is an adventure for you guys! How awesome! I am so excited for you all. Especially because the kids are going to remember the time that they LIVED in Scotland and toured all over Europe! If you head to Germany again, I hope you will pick me up an authentic Edelweiss! Or atleast take a picture of one for me!
ReplyDeleteMiss you crazy kids. I am going to try to pack myself into someones suitcase at Christmas time. Christmas in Scotland is just too good to resist!