Kaiserslautern and Luxembourg

On Saturday the 17th a group of six of us got up in the morning to go to Luxembourg, but we missed the bus, so we took the next available train to anywhere, anywhere ultimately turning out to be Kaiserslautern, a city not too far from Saarbrücken, in the Rheinland-Pfalz province (Bundesländer). It was a pleasant enough city, although it was kind of lacking in stuff to see. We ultimately went to visit their 'Japanese Garden', which was kind of unimpressive, and apparently nothing like anything in Japan, but ultimately we had a really good time. Our group was composed of (from left to right): Dan (Israel), Jani (Slovenia), Youssef (Egypt), Myself, Geri (Bulgaria), and Naoko (Japan).
The next day we went to Luxembourg, which was a substantially more impressive city. The City changes so much vertically, with some of the city on the edge of the river valley, and most of the old stuff in the bottom of the valley. Everything in the city is old, and almost everything has at least 2 languages (one of which is usually Luxembourgish, a mix of French and German) and you never know what language a local will talk to you in. Luxembourg has a series of tunnels under the city that have been used numerous times by the denizens to protect themselves from invaders, most recently during the second world war. There are so many old buildings in the city, and the whole area has an even more historical air than Metz. The picture of the church is the cathedral Notré Dame, which is beautiful, although it really isn't anything special in contrast with some of the other churches I've seen. For Luxembourg, I think, no one building can sum up what makes it such a beatiful place. There are new buildings and old ones, but even the new buildings have been built with a concern for detail that doesn't exist in Canada (not really in Germany either).

Well, tomorrow I'm going to Paris, so I should have more exciting things in another post fairly soon.