Luxembourg: Luxembourg City and Viandan

On Friday I drove with the girls to Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. It is a quick two hour drive from Brussels. We arrived at 11am, checked into our hotel and walked to the Grand Plaza for lunch at Quick's. On our drive to our hotel we spotted an incredible park with a Viking ship. After lunch we set off to find it. We stayed at the park all afternoon. The girls loved the Viking ship. Kate enjoyed ringing the bell. Elisabeth enjoyed climbing up the mast to "look for land" - what a fun day! Elisabeth and Kate also enjoyed the rocket ship and the giant slide inside the rocket. They didn't want to leave.

We found a little cafe off of the Grand Plaza, bought chocolates for Rich from Leonidas, and ate dinner at a little French restaurant on the Grand Plaza, Hotel Cafe Francais (it had pink tablecloths on their patio that the girls liked!).

On Saturday we drove to Vianden in Luxembourg along the Our River, near the border between Luxembourg and Germany. We toured the Vianden castle (built between the 11th and 14th centuries) and walked through the ancient city towards the river. Victor Hugo lived in the castle for three months in 1871. We visited the Victor Hugo museum and enjoyed playing with puzzles of his various sketches. Elisabeth and Kate enjoyed looking at fabric at a sewing shop - they picked out fabric for their doll clothes. They are enjoying sewing with their sewing kits and are excited to sew with my machine when we return to Virginia. After lunch, we drove back to Brussels.