Friday, 13 November 2015

Adventures in Luxembourg: Petite Suisse

I woke up, showered, appreciated the heated bathroom floor, and headed downstairs for breakfast.

The most lovely spread yet awaited me, and I began having a hard time believing this hotel was the same I had booked via a very poor website for 35 euros.  It turns out that Trail Inn is a gem of a place in disguise.


It even has a bike garage!


I ate two sandwiches piled high with cheese, salami, prosciutto, and tomato; apple sauce; a chocolate croissant; two bowls of yogurt with fresh kiwis; several glasses of grapefruit juice; a hard boiled egg; and nearly polished off the pot of coffee the server put on my table.  I was stuffed, but there was plenty more on the buffet table, including a blender for smoothie preparing.

After breakfast I drove down the highway back into the forest.


I found a spot to park so that I could hike along a trail I had identified on a map as ideal.


It was cool and very grey, but not raining, so I set off down the trail to hike for a bit over an hour.


I put on a toque and gloves, but huffing and puffing through the leaves and over the rocks made those unnecessary quickly.


My little hike included caves from whence millstones used to be mined;


and a gorge remembered as the home of wolves back in the old days.


Back at the car, I spent a few minutes climbing a long staircase through some enormous rocks to get to a lookout high above the highway.


Notice one of Luxembourg's public transit buses, even serving this remote part of the country!

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