Tuesday 26th July 2016 - Luxembourg

We were disappointed that it was not recommended to cycle into the city. The site receptionist said there were no safe parking facilities for cycles. We are used to this lack of provision in England but it came as a surprise and disappointment here.
We caught the no. 18 bus stops outside the campsite site to Hamilius, the centre of Luxembourg. It costs four euros for an all-day access card that can be used on any trains, buses or trams. We followed one of the city walking trails as has become our habit. There are several routes to choose from and they are all well marked. Our route took us along the Chemin de la Corniche that follows the 17th century ramparts of the city.
         
 

Views from the Chemin de la Corniche
 
According to the guide book this has been hailed as ‘Europe’s most beautiful balcony’ but it doesn’t say by whom and I fear they must have visited it on a different day or didn’t sample many, or maybe I come from a country with such spectacular scenery that I’m hard to please. It just didn’t impress much and, to be honest, Luxembourg city in general didn’t but we were on our third city in a few days so maybe I was feeling all citied out. Moving on we wasted four euros each on entrance to the Bock Casements, a small, underground honeycomb of passages and small caves leading nowhere which have been to put to many uses since the seventeen hundreds when they were carved out by the Spaniards, the easiest to imagine being the sheltering of 35,000 inhabitants during the two world wars.
For me, the star of the visit was the modern stained glass windows in the Cathedrale Notre Dam. They were absolutely stunning but I could find no information about them so I need to do some research on this.