LUXEMBOURG
Well, today I took another spontaneous trip akin to the last one I told you about, except it was in a car and a hell of a lot easier to get to and from. I'm still not sure of the reasons, but me and Maria and a new member of staff from Russia took a trip with one of the German teachers to Luxembourg, where we walked round a little town called Vianden and looked at a castle there.
The town itself has a very Neuerburg feel to it, with all its pink and yellow and white houses, except here they all have shutters on the windows, and signs with stuff like "Wilkommen zu le petit brasserie", because they're still deciding which language to speak.
So I got some pretty sweet pictures of the town, but by the time we got to the top of the castle and all the wicked views of the Eifel and other general 'pretty scenery' opportunities, the battery on my camera ran out, so you'll have to just imagine it for yourself. We also spoke to a real Luxembourgish person; he spoke German in a French accent, which I enjoyed.
Then we went to a little bakery and the Russian lady bought a tartes aux pommes, which I was then elected to carry back home, holding it flat. This confused me a bit, as she'd made such a fuss 2 minutes before of "I am buying this cake for us". I was all like, "Was machst du, lady? Am I the confectionery bitch now? The designated apple pie carrier?"
I didn't say this, but I thought it.
And after this we went for tea and tartes aux pommes at said teachers house, which made me feel a bit like I was in an 18th century drama, as we used the kind of stuff that you'd imagine to be known as "the posh china" and had tea in a teapot. And we had special little forks designed specially for cake. It was all nice and we chatted for about 45 minutes, but I'd be lying if I said that some silences weren't a little too long. Most of the time it was the ".. so .. has anyone got a joke ..?" kind of silence. Otherwise fine.
Well, today I took another spontaneous trip akin to the last one I told you about, except it was in a car and a hell of a lot easier to get to and from. I'm still not sure of the reasons, but me and Maria and a new member of staff from Russia took a trip with one of the German teachers to Luxembourg, where we walked round a little town called Vianden and looked at a castle there.
The town itself has a very Neuerburg feel to it, with all its pink and yellow and white houses, except here they all have shutters on the windows, and signs with stuff like "Wilkommen zu le petit brasserie", because they're still deciding which language to speak.
So I got some pretty sweet pictures of the town, but by the time we got to the top of the castle and all the wicked views of the Eifel and other general 'pretty scenery' opportunities, the battery on my camera ran out, so you'll have to just imagine it for yourself. We also spoke to a real Luxembourgish person; he spoke German in a French accent, which I enjoyed.
Then we went to a little bakery and the Russian lady bought a tartes aux pommes, which I was then elected to carry back home, holding it flat. This confused me a bit, as she'd made such a fuss 2 minutes before of "I am buying this cake for us". I was all like, "Was machst du, lady? Am I the confectionery bitch now? The designated apple pie carrier?"
I didn't say this, but I thought it.
And after this we went for tea and tartes aux pommes at said teachers house, which made me feel a bit like I was in an 18th century drama, as we used the kind of stuff that you'd imagine to be known as "the posh china" and had tea in a teapot. And we had special little forks designed specially for cake. It was all nice and we chatted for about 45 minutes, but I'd be lying if I said that some silences weren't a little too long. Most of the time it was the ".. so .. has anyone got a joke ..?" kind of silence. Otherwise fine.
