Vianden

On the second day in Luxembourg, we decided to go North to Vianden. Rob was here some time before, so he told us about it and thought we should take a look. And on the way, Rob went to get a tape converter thingy for the car that plugs into MP3 players and the such.

In Vianden, we parked up tightly in between these two Luxembourgish cars, whose drivers couldn’t park in the spaces properly. The walked down this cobbled hill, and into a restaurant over the river, and I had an awesome Schnitzel, too. And the paper mat things were perfect for doodling!

However, we walked further down the road… saw some Victor Hugo house, and Rob was particularly interested in Luxembourg post boxes.

We then drove up the hill to the castle. Parking was a bit weird. Cars were parked up by the entrance, including another British car! But they weren’t meant to be there, so I had to go back. And it proved quite a challenge to turn around on a steep hill, with not much room, and old and fat people getting in the way and were taking their time going downhill, in case they fall and roll, probably. I eventually found some ‘free’ parking, and then we went up to the castle. However, Laura and Laura didn’t want to go in, so me and Rob did.

We had a wander about, and there were a lot of stalls there… with people dressed up in Mediaeval clothes and stuff. There was also a tavern type place, but we didn’t go as time was running out. And I was driving, too…

The place was nice and so were the views. But it would have been better given we had more time, but we had to go.

The drive out of the country didn’t take too long, as Vianden was just by the border. We headed to Trier to drop the Lauras off, and getting into the town was a nightmare with traffic and steep downhill. However, we got there.