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Lux Buskers

Lux Buskers

Afternoon concert at Place d’Armes. I’ve no idea what, uh, genre this music was. Hopefully, this photo communicates what I cannot.

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Sieweburen

Restaurant Sieweburen

Serves moderately priced, average Luxembourgeoise cuisine, which I’ve come to realize includes a lot of simple meat and fish dishes with accompanying vegetable medleys. We had aperitifs, escalopes de veau viennoise and a half-carafe of rosé for about €70. This restaurant is open on Sundays and is located near the hiking trails off Rollingergrund at […]

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La Rotisserie-Ardennaise

La Rôtisserie Ardennaise

One of the first neighborhood places we dined at was La Rôtisserie Ardennaise, a traditional French restaurant with moderate prices. We started with a Champagne aperitif, which is hard to get horribly wrong, then had La bisque de Crabe which I do not recommend, especially if you are from anywhere near the U.S. Eastern Seaboard. […]

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Rue Dante

Turn, Turn, Turn

At each turn in Luxembourg, a refresher history lesson.

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le lave-ling

We Wear Short Shorts

It was a classic case of (wo)man v. machine: me, two weeks’ worth of (dark colored) workout clothes, oddly pungent detergent and le lave-linge. It seemed simple enough to put the clothes in, add detergent and select the fabric that best approximated the clothes’ composition. Coton? Synthétique? Okay, maybe somewhere in the middle. Note, in […]

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The Blue Lady, or, Nana

Blue Lady

The Blue Lady, or, Nana One of Luxembourg’s most popular landmarks is The Blue Lady, a sculpture by French-born, America-raised Niki de Saint Phalle. The Blue Lady is actually a ‘Nana’, the artist’s expression of everywoman. The Nanas considered archetypal female figures in relation to their position in society. The first one was exhibited in […]

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parking_Lux

On Driving

  These electronic signs inform drivers how many available parking spaces are in nearby garages. Upon moving to Luxembourg, non-EU citizens have up to 12 months to obtain a local license. No road test is required. Here’s what you need: Form Demande en obtention d’un permis de conduire (download from www.snct.lu); Recent ID photograph 45 […]

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Jean-Claude Arens Chocolate

Chocolat

Jean-Claude Arens (4a, avenue du 10 Septembre, L-2550 Luxembourg): It’s hard to pass this scrumptious pâtissier/chocolatier without ducking in for a treat. Aside from sculptures like the chocolate-pistachio cake above, Jean-Claude Arens offers French macarons, Sacher Tortes, éclairs and other pastries such as croissants and pains au chocolate. If you’re interested, you can top off the […]

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Angelo_Ikea1

Closet Case

In Luxembourg, it is atypical for apartments and houses to have built-in closets. This means you will have to purchase armoires – huge, heavy, pricey pieces that may or may not be useful/fit in your next place. They come in all sizes, and my favorite was the extra-large 300 cm. We began our armoire search […]

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Adolphe

Home Sweet Home

Our new apartment has all the standard Luxembourg features: secure basement storage units, designated washer/dryer space and hook-up (each tenant provides his/her own), drying room (it’s illegal to dry clothes inside your apartment, so there are basement drying rooms) and balcony. In Luxembourg, the vacancy rate is extremely low, which results in desirable places get […]

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