Luxembourg

Just like Luxembourg, this probably will be my smallest entry!


After leaving my "Belgian Family" from CouchSurfing, at 7 in the morning, I took a 3-hour train ride to the capital of Luxembourg, Luxembourg City. Originally, I thought about maybe staying there for two days.


After listening to my friends' advice who travelled to Luxembourg, less than one day was enough. I promised myself I would stay there for at least more than 6 hours


I ended up staying there for two hours.


Yes, There was not much going on in Luxembourg City, and it was on a sunday, so most of the stores were closed. In the tourist map, there were 74 attractions to see, and I saw about 40 of them in a hour of time near the city centre. The centre had about 9 streets horizontally and 6 streets vertically from the map's vantage point.


Some highlights from Luxembourg were the the Palace of Grand Dukes, Trois Tours (Three Towers) - I have no idea how that is an attraction but it just is - and chemin de la cornide road where there was an excellent view of the city and palace d'Armes, the square in the middle of the city where there was a McDonald. That McDonald actually had a outside sitting area with waiters... yes, you read that right: WAITERS SERVING PEOPLE MCDONALDS AND CLEANING UP AFTER PEOPLE WERE DONE EATING A ROYALE OR A BIG MAC AND PEOPLE WERE ENJOYING IT.


So after only two hours I was done with Luxembourg City already walking around the city.


After walking around big cities like London, Amsterdam, Brussels, I now have the endurance to walk around cities for 5-6 hours without getting tired, so it's great to see cities on foot for a day or two and be satsified with it.


Done with Luxembourg, I caught a connecting train to Paris, for my destination was at Madrid, Spain. The night train to Madrid was at 23:30, and it was only 19:00, so with only four hours to kill, I asked myself the question: "If you had only four hours in Paris, where would you go?"


So yeah, I made my way to the Eiffel Tower (DUH) But I took my time taking in Paris and when I was about 30 minutes away, I realized I didn't have much time left to make the return trip to catch my train stopping at the Louvre area.


You may have the last laugh, Eiffel Tower, but I'll see you again one day!


Long story short, I hopped on the train, slept in a couchette and found myself in Madrid, Spain the next day (After connecting trains from Irun)!


By the way, as of today April 14, it is my 34th day of traveling, already a month has gone by! Time goes fast!