Day 3 ESCH SUR ALZETTE 08.08.2022

Now it's Monday and we're heading to Luxembourg, a European country that neither of us has consciously visited before. As our location, we chose the city of Esch Sur Alzette in Berlin. After all, it is one of three European Capitals of Culture this year. That should be enough for my birthday, which we planned to spend here. The three-day accommodation is the newly built youth hostel, right next to the train station. Ideally located and the perfect starting point for our activities. The only thing we had to do was park the car in a nearby parking garage, because there are no free public parking spaces in the entire city. So the "Wilde Hilde" cost us 60 €, but we didn't have to pay a cent for transportation! Luxembourg is proud that all public transport within the country is free for residents and tourists. So get on the bus, get on the train or get on the tram, all without a ticket. Get off wherever you want and get on again whenever you want, all for free! Amazing! The main thing is less car traffic and less environmental pollution, because many buses (trains and trams anyway) run on electricity and sometimes without a driver!

So let's go today and look for a restaurant, we didn't feel like that and so we ended up at Carfour and stocked up on goodies. Because the recommendation of the youth hostel, a Portuguese restaurant, was closed. And after about 4 hours drive from Vreden via Belgium to Luxembourg, we didn't have that much energy anymore. And let's not forget that it's constantly over 30°. Even the beer on the terrace of the hostel quickly became warm.