Sunday, September 09, 2007
Wednesday 1st August
Off to a new country we arrive in a campsite near Bonn in Luxembourg and pitch up next to a gently flowing river with the opposite bank covered in a rich dense wood and five white geese to set the picture off nicely. Not wanting to be ignorant English Jon enquires as to what language is spoken in Luxembourg “Is it French or German?”
“Yes” the lady answers, “We speak both.”
“But on a day to day basis what do you normally speak?”
“Oh we speak Luxembourgish!” Ok then! So we decided to speak in French, although ended up putting a few German words in as we had been used to speaking German for the last month or so, this worked fine as Luxembourgish does seem to be a mixture of the two so we were understood perfectly, well almost!
On the Thursday we head north to the town of Vianden to visit the Chateau built in the 11th century; the boys again enthused over the walk up the hill along the clean and well maintained cobbled streets. The suits of armour, lances, scythes and tapestry room held the boys interest but the bedroom, kitchen and dining room had them kicking their heels.
Off to a new country we arrive in a campsite near Bonn in Luxembourg and pitch up next to a gently flowing river with the opposite bank covered in a rich dense wood and five white geese to set the picture off nicely. Not wanting to be ignorant English Jon enquires as to what language is spoken in Luxembourg “Is it French or German?”
“Yes” the lady answers, “We speak both.”
“But on a day to day basis what do you normally speak?”
“Oh we speak Luxembourgish!” Ok then! So we decided to speak in French, although ended up putting a few German words in as we had been used to speaking German for the last month or so, this worked fine as Luxembourgish does seem to be a mixture of the two so we were understood perfectly, well almost!
On the Thursday we head north to the town of Vianden to visit the Chateau built in the 11th century; the boys again enthused over the walk up the hill along the clean and well maintained cobbled streets. The suits of armour, lances, scythes and tapestry room held the boys interest but the bedroom, kitchen and dining room had them kicking their heels.
