A fortress city
Luxembourg is a fortified place. It sits at the confluence of two rivers, each of which sits in a deep valley. The natural defences have been significantly enhanced over time, producing a devilishly...
View ArticleBetter to be up, looking down…
- PJD Photo by PJD, Luxembourg, Easter, 2012. Evidently, the walls are now called the “Most Beautiful Balcony of Europe”. Some Balcony.
View ArticleLuxembourg, why not?!
The tiny country of Luxembourg (look, it really is tiny!) was in celebration mode over the weekend with a royal wedding. It’s not a country that you see in the news very often, and it is probably not...
View ArticleIt’s not Hobbiton…
I guess steep river valleys force you to be creative with space. Either that, or there are some hobbits in Luxembourg. You decide. - PJD Photo by one of CIA or PJD, ownership is in dispute. Does it...
View ArticleLuxembourg by night
A stroll around Luxembourg City by night is not to be missed – we learnt this on the way home from dinner one night as the photos below attest to. Not only are the buildings stunning in the way they...
View ArticleVanity post; or, random shots of Luxembourg
These pictures have in little common, besides the facts that I am: in them like them They cover various points of interest (or points of random) throughout Luxembourg City, and this marks the end of...
View ArticleWeekly Photo Challenge: Green
Colour challenges are easy, in the sense that finding photographs with a certain colour in them is usually straightforward. But, that being said, the harder task is finding a theme that can bind...
View ArticleHeart-filled window
This heart-filled window caught my eye as we strolled along the gorgeous cobbled Schipfe pedestrian street in Zürich (local tips often get you to the nicest – hidden – places!). There’s not much more...
View ArticleThe directions were clear
A lot of people go to Luzern (or, Lucerne, for the Francophones) to see the famous wooden bridge (Kapellbrücke). And indeed, we saw the bridge…but Luzern has other things to offer the intrepid...
View ArticleSome New York minutes
Our relatively spontaneous trip to New York in January (the result of stars aligning – cheap flights, accommodation with friends, an intense desire to see New York City) still sometimes feels like it...
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