September book club meet
One of the advantages of having such a multicultural book club is that we get to read authors from other countries. We have just completed an American writer, an English one and for our September, we...
View ArticleThese feet are made for walking
I live right smack in the city centre, hence am entertained daily with the cacophony of traffic sounds unless I keep my sound proof windows soundly shut. The sound of cars whizzing by every now and...
View ArticleChariots of food
Chariots. That is what one of my good friends here refers to shopping carts as. ‘Let us get our chariots!’ she hails as we set out to spend a substantial amount of time and money first filling the...
View ArticleGoing out and getting fit
One of the first and easiest things to forget when you move to a new city, country, continent is exercising – well at least for me. Having done competitive sports when I was waaay younger, I always...
View ArticleCharming castles
Bewitching. That is how I find Luxembourg to be. The longer I am here, the more I am taken in by its beauty. You cannot leave the city centre and within five minutes see rolling hills and mooing cows...
View ArticleA case to make or mate in this case
One of the things I love about Luxembourg ( I will get around to telling you the many others) is how the country avails itself to visitors – at least the short term visitors. Since moving here, we have...
View ArticleA year of books
Back again after a hiatus. The longest winter in Europe for some time sent the scribe in me hibernating, with all the usual excuses. But back again with spring finally creeping in. Thankfully the...
View ArticleLuxembourg truly good
I have often been asked as I travel on what living in Luxembourg is like. As with almost all other places, it is good mixed bag – the usual complaints of weather etc, but the fact is, the country...
View ArticleThe wheels on a bus go round and round
I use the bus as a primary source of transportation in Luxembourg. Next to walking around, that is how I get everywhere. Living in the city centre, I must say that the bus connections are amazingly...
View ArticleHow safe do you feel in Luxembourg?
Having spent time in Singapore, I always remember the maxim – low crime does not mean no crime!And the same holds true here in Luxembourg. I must say the city is among the safest I have ever lived in,...
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