Day 2 - Luxembourg

Day two began with a lovely breakfast in hotel Altia. After the long
journey to Lille our brave soldiers made it to bed rather early the night
before. Unfortunately, that did not prevent most of them from oversleeping
the morning after. We stand to be chastised by our strict sergeant Athina…
 At 9 a.m. we slowly gathered in front of the hotel and soon we were on
our way to Luxembourg. As the bus was making it out of the car park we
realised that we were about to leave two men behind. No men are left
behind, under Athina’s command!
The trip to Luxembourg took three and a half gruelling hours.  Just like
the day before, the crew was in sleeping mode for most of the time. Having
passed through Belgium we found ourselves in the ‘Eden’s garden’ of
Luxembourg. We had a full hour to explore its endless beauties. The first
thing that grabbed our attention was the stunning view of the Adolphe
Bridge. It has become an unofficial national symbol, representing
Luxembourg’s independence, thus turning into one of Luxembourg City’s main
tourist attractions. The bridge is spanning across the striking Valle de
Petrusse gardens. Having made the most out it in terms of
look-where-I’ve-been-pictures we headed for the town centre. The Cathedral
of Luxembourg was our next target. Several (hundred) pictures later we
made it to the lovely streets at the heart of Luxembourg. A gypsy
orchestra welcomed us there. It provided for an even more enthralling
atmosphere during our visit to the legal capital of Europe. If that’s what
the European rule of law does for the prosperity of people, then we should
all turn into devout Europeans. We made to Strasbourg just in time for the
rain to challenge our determination to go out. The brave Soldiers that we
are, we shall not be deterred.

Preslava, Ivana & Nikolai