Luxembourg City

After we went to Trier a couple weeks ago, we headed to Luxembourg City since it was only about 30 minutes away. Abe spent the majority of his mission serving in Luxembourg City and really wanted to be able to go back and spend some time there. A couple of years ago when Abe and I went on a European vacation, we stopped in Luxembourg but were only able to spend about an hour at the most there. I think Luxembourg City is so pretty and it is really clean. There is also really great shopping... however it is not very doable with three tired kids. We first visited the American Cemetery and the girls had to bring along their cool windmills they got from Trier.

After the Cemetery, we drove into the city, parked and started walking around. The girls were SO ornery! They had slept hardly at all the night before and were really hard to be around. Let me just say it is not ideal to have 3 little kids and two adults in the same small hotel room. Norah is usually the easiest little kid and she was a pill. We still managed to enjoy the beautiful scenery. How could you not!

After we walked the city, we were planning on doing a tour of the casemates (the tunnels through the rock in the side of the valley), however all the kids were falling apart. Norah was in the stroller bawling and whining, Adeline was whining and Meika was screaming because she needed to be fed. We walked back to the car to grab our jackets since it would be cold in the caves and also to feed Meika. As soon as we got to the car Abe said, " I am making a command decision. We are leaving!" It was a really good call. I thought I was going to go CRAZY and was in need of an adult only vacation. We just started driving and ended up going about an hour into a little town called Vianden. Luckily all 3 girls slept in the car. The silence was heaven. Vianden was such a cute little village in the Country side of Luxembourg. The best part about it was the huge castle on the hill. The girls LOVED it. Adeline was trying to figure out the entire time which princess she thought the castle must have belonged to. She ended up saying Rapunzel due to a little tower on part of the castle that looked like hers.

While we were walking through the castle, Adeline seemed a little scared at one point and so Abe pretended to be a little scared. In the cutest little voice possible, Norah said very slowly, "Don't worry daddy, I WILL protect you", as she was holding his hand. She continued to say this over and over while walking through the castle. Ever since then, she continues to tell Abe that she will protect him. She kills me.

The best part of the trip for the kids(besides the awesome castle) was the pool at the hotel. The girls were in Heaven and never wanted to get out!