April 12, 2018

The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Greetings! During a recent extended weekend trip to Paris with my husband, we embarked on a day trip (2 hour train ride from Paris) to the small (2586km/1606mi) country of Luxembourg. Luxembourg is surrounded by France, Belgium, and Germany, and is considered to be a Grand Duchy and, as such, has figure heads with titles of “Duke” and “Duchess.” Below is some information that we learned about Luxembourg during our 2 hour walking tour. Please note that it is not intended to be an exhaustive history of the country:   Most of the land of Luxembourg was given to/taken by Belgium, which has a French speaking part of it. Luxembourg…