amy's visit in luxembourg

well i suppose its my time to write about my host family visit in Luxembourg. I was hosted by JP and Lucy Flemmang--very good friends of Bruce's and the coordinators of our time in Luxembourg. I was with the other Aimee on the trip, from Connecticut, who was very nice. We headed off from the meeting with the Grand Duc with Lucy for a light meal at their house. We then went back into Ettelbreck to find JP at the very nice dinner that turned into a party. Headed back to the house for a very nice sleep in on Saturday.

Saturday morning we had a family breakfast and then were shown the house, the barns, and their farm by JP, Lucy, and Patrick (a foreign exchange student from Poland living with them for 3 months.) Then Lucy, Aimee, and I went to a small town about 5 minutes away to see another castle with another good workout walking up the stairs. We then went to the lake that provides more than 75% of Luxembourg's water supply which was pretty neat. We then headed back home and their girls arrived home from school. Nora is 8 and Lina is 11 and it was obvious they had both worked very hard learning to say 'Hi, my name is...' to introduce themselves to us. Lina can understand about 80% of what we were saying-Bruce has helped a lot with her English- and I think Nora can understand more than we all think. All of us then headed to the World War II museum in Bastogne where the Battle of the Bulge was fought. It was really interesting to see how much the people Luxembourg appreciate what the Americans did for them in the war. We headed back home and got ready to head to the judging and barbeque.

Although we all agreed with each other, the official did not seem to like how we placed the class. We had a very good meal and it was fun to see everyone again. This morning started out with another family breakfast and then the family headed out to a castle about 15 minutes away from the house.

It was a beautiful morning to be outside and we had a great last outing together. The weather was awesome and the views were absolutely breathtaking. Learning about Luxembourg was really neat and I had a great time. I guess my only regret is the amount of time. I wish we could've stayed there longer and helped them get ready for their big show next week. I took many pictures. Love and miss you all-pretty much ready to come home. See you soon =)
Love,
Amy