I didn’t realize at all that Luxembourg City sits on a big rock. With steep cliffs. At the bottom of the cliff is the Alzette River, and then the township of Grund in the valley. The views from the cliff are beautiful, and there are innumerable footpaths going up and down the cliffs!

This might explain why folks in Luxembourg seem to be so fit!!

Also called “the most beautiful balcony of Europe”. You can see La Passerelle bridge in the background. Below is the neighborhood of Grund.

Loved it when the trains would pass on it.

Seems like that is a regular road going thru it. I think those are medians on the road that one can see…

We reached Luxembourg station, and the Marriott was less than a 5-minute walk! After freshening up and getting pointers from the hotel staff, we hit the road to check out the local sights on foot.

View from the pantry car in the train.

Sharmila has done the same on her trip from London to Paris with Nikita. For me, this would be the first high-speed train in Europe. And the fourth time crossing a country border by train – Denmark to Sweden, Germany to Austria, Austria to Hungary, Monaco to France, and now France to Luxembourg.

We will hit 200mph for most of the high-speed rail section between Paris and Metz.