On a sunny afternoon (like today’s), we’ve found Scott’s to be the best terrace in town. Located in the medieval Grund neighborhood, this traditional Irish pub overlooks the River Alzette. An international clientele flocks here to enjoy the array of draft beers, cocktails and wine. 4, Bisserweg, L-1238 Luxembourg.
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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.
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 […]
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. […]
Cathédral Saint-Étienne
Though this gothic cathedral’s spires punctuate Metz’s modest skyline, the structure is best known for its magnificent Marc Chagall-designed windows. Chagall’s work joins other windows by fellow artists such as Jacques Villon and Hermann von Münster. The striking 13th-20th century stained glass curtains are nicknamed ‘God’s Lantern’. Its nave is the third-highest in France, at […]
Domain François Lichtlé
We had the pleasure of meeting Hervé Lichtlé, a fourth-generation Alsacien winemaker from Husseren-les-Châteaux, when we stumbled upon Les Jeunes Vignerons d’Europe – VinexpOFF in the Place d’Arms. Lichtlé belongs to an association of independent French wine producers who practice integrated control, which prioritizes protecting the environment and maintaining the quality of the land. The winemakers […]
Centre Pompidou-Metz
Worth seeing: Chefs D’Oeuvre? exhibit, which questions the concept of masterpiece. 20 artists from 1905 – present spanning a range of disciplines are considered. You decide. Today we needed a French fix, so we hopped in the car and drove half an hour to Metz. The first stop was the Centre Pompidou-Metz, which we’ve […]
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 […]
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 […]
