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Vianden Castle
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I arrived in Luxembourg around 5.30 pm and set off in
search of my hotel it was not too hard to find.
I then went in search of dinner I
was staying near the train station and there really weren't too many places to eat.
I finally settled for a pizza place that also had pasta I had tortellini with cream
sauce and it was a bit too strong for me. I then explored the area near my hotel.
The next morning my goal was to visit Vianden castle which was in Vianden I went to the train station
and I got an all day pass 4 euro It was about a 25 minute ride to town
and from there it was a bus to Vianden about a 25 minute ride. It was a very
pretty town despite it being cloudy, so I could just imagine a clear day. I stopped at the tourist board to ask how I could
get up to the Castle she said I could walk up Main Street to the castle or take
the chair lift. I decided to walk so I could see the town. It was not a bad
walk for the first part but when I got to the edge of town I saw a sign pointing to the
castle and I followed and walked uphill in a wooded area shades of Wales and a castle
a few years ago. I got up a bit saw a sign private property and walked back
down.
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| what I thought was an entrance |
At this point I did not know where to go but walked a
little further and saw what appeared to be an entrance. I decided to follow the
road that just went up and up and I thought once was at the top I would be there. I really
walked a lot up hill and it was pretty stupid of me to continue and I could see
a road in the distance so I continued up. I got up there and there a road alright
but no castle. I then worked my way down thinking just how dumb I was I was so
worn out I thought if I collapse no one will find me. When I got down I started walking back
towards town and then I could see in front of me up the hill the Castle I could
not believe I missed it. I got to the part to walk up to it and could see that
it was blocked by trees coming from the other direction no wonder I missed it, plus now people were arriving. The Castle was beautiful outside and I took photos and
met the Castle cat.
I decided to go
inside and I have to say to me it was really not worth the admission of 6 euro.
I really prefer a furnished Castle so it was disappointing although they did
have armor and some furniture. I came out and started back to town had no clue
where the chair lift was located.
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Inside the Castle
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I saw a church the Trinitarian Church with its two naves and its splendid Gothic vaults in 1248 and
walked in and it was open because a tour was going on so I was able to look
around and it was beautiful. I then walked down to catch the bus and I saw it
pull away so I decided to get dinner at that point and walked back and saw a
Kabob place and sat outside and had a beef kabob. I went to catch another bus
but I missed that one too. So I decided to walk around town so more along the
river, it was quite a pretty town.
I finally got on a bus I had plenty of time to catch the
train or so I though however we got stuck in a lot of traffic and also a
detour. I hopped off the bus and headed towards the train I saw one a train so called
over to a conductor was that the Luxembourg train and he said it was. The train was across some tracks so
I saw several people including one with a bike walk across the tracks and motioned could I cross over
and I was told no go around. Well that mean I had to run down about 25 stairs
and then up 25 more and naturally the
train pulled away, not a happy camper. Luckily another one
was leaving in about 10 minutes so I caught that.
I had a 1 pm flight so after breakfast I walked around
outside a bit and looked in a lovely church and then I headed back to check
out. I was paranoid on the bus getting me to the airport in time. I read one
place 15 minutes another said 45 so I took no chances. It was about 15 minutes
probably because no traffic as it was Sunday morning. I was way too early for such a tiny airport
but the good part I was able to have a really good choice of seats when I
checked in. It was my first flight on
Lufthansa and I had to admit I was suitably impressed. The dinner included wine
and they came around a second time after dinner we were offered Bailey Irish
Cream and that was most enjoyable. I also was impressed how many times they
came around with water or juice at least 5 times. On long flights you really
need liquid and I am so used to airlines coming around maybe 2 times after that
you have to go and ask.
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