Marijke and Pietro in Luxembourg

On Tuesday, we did a bit more sightseeing in Nancy before heading north to Luxembourg and Pietro and Marijke.  What a lot more we now know about this tiny country!  Luxembourg city is entirely bound up with the institutions of the EU, while much of the small countryside is given over to vineyards.

Luxembourg city is built on a system of crags and gorges.  We went for a walk down below, then zoomed up the cliffs in a new glass lift to the upper town

In the Grund - the bottom of the canyon around which the city is built

Still down in the canyon ...

Looking up to the upper town - Pietro worked in the modern building when he first came to Luxembourg

Looking down on the lower town from the spectacular glass lift

In the upper town - new building works are going on all over Luxembourg city

Vibrant coloured jars adorn the new Luxembourg Judiciary building

Microsoft, Amazon - they're all here due to favourable tax conditions ...

Not Abbey Road!  The scene in the fast expanding new town where many of the offices of the EU are situated

Pietro and Anna-Lisa.   Pietro is very proud of his "Mont Blanc" pudding - rightly so - it was wonderful!