June 27 2017 Tour day in Luxembourg

Evan had to work again today. Oh yeah, that is why they moved here!! Jude went to daycare today and Jess had a couple of errands to run, so we decided to take the hop-on/hop-off bus and the city train tours. Both are tours of the city. The hop-on/hop-off bus encompasses a larger area of the city, while the city train (not really a train though) takes you through the neighborhoods and areas of the center of town. We were going to meet up with Jess for lunch, but we didn't finish the tours until around 2, and Jude had a doctors appointment at 2:40, so we found a nice place for lunch by the Place d'Armes square. It was called Urban Bar. Jeri had seen it earlier and since it had a sign that said craft beers, she couldn't resist. After lunch we walked back to the apartment and were caught in a bit of rain. I guess we really can't escape the Northwest!

Bock Casements

Beneath the Montée de Clausen, the cliff-top site of Count Sigefroi’s once-mighty fort, the Bock Casemates are a picturesque, atmospheric honeycomb of rock galleries and passages – initially carved by the Spaniards between 1737 and 1746. Over the years the casemates have housed everything from garrisons to bakeries to slaughterhouses; during WWI and WWII they sheltered 35,000 locals.

This was declared a world heritage site in 1994.

Bock Casements

The view from the top of Bock Casements

Bock Casements

Another view from the top of Bock Casements

Bock Casements

Another view from the top of Bock Casements. You can see how impenatrable these walls are.

Bock Casements

Another view of the impenatrable walls of Bock Casements.

City Train

I told you it wasn't really a train.

City Train

Jeri in front of the city train.

Rham Plateau

This gives you a feel for the size of the walls of the fortress on Rham Plateau

Rham Plateau

On the wall of the fortress.

Rham Plateau

On the wall of the fortress.

Isn't my wife the cutest!!!

Rham Plateau

The walk along the wall of the fortress and the guard tower in the back.

Rham Plateau

The stairs down from one of the guard towers.

Rham Plateau

One of the four towers on Ram Plateau

Rham Plateau

Rham Plateau

Another gorgeous view from Rham Plateau.

Rham Plateau

This is the senior citizen home. Pretty nice digs! Jeri wants to live here when she get old!

Lunch at Urban Bar