Monday, July 24, 2017

London, Luxembourg City, & Brussels - May 2017

Wednesday, May 3, 2017
  • Leave home at 10:00
  • 10:40 AM Bus to Chicago
  • Air Canada flight 7594
§  Change plane in Montreal
§  Departs ORD at 3:25PM

Thursday, May 4
  • Arrive LHR at 7:25AM
  • Tube to Holborn Station
  • House of Parliament- closed pending elections!
  • Beer in Trafalgar Square
  • Dinner near our flat at La Castalletta
    • Tagleatello
    • Lamb shank
Friday, May 5
  • The Map That Changed The World
    • William Smith map ar the Royal Geological Society
  • High Gate Cemetery 1:45 tour
    • Toured East cemetery first
      • Douglas Adams
      • Karl marx
    • East Cemetery
      • Alexander Litvinenko – Russian Journalist
  • Dinner at Savoir Faire
Saturday, May 6
  • British Museum
  • London Free Mason Museum
  • Courtauld Gallery
    • Very nice
  • Tate Modern
  • Walk back home
Sunday, May 7
  • Victoria & Albert Museum
    • Lots of stuff
  • Natural History Museum
    • Crowded and under renovation
  • Punjab for Indian food for dinner
    • Acharri Gohst (lamb)
    • Acharri Murgha (chicken)
Monday, May 8 – travel day
  • Train Luxembourg City
    • Leave St Pancras at 8:00
    • Train in Brussels was taken out of service.  Replacement train came in about 15 minutes.
    • Arrive Luxembourg about 3:30
    • Johanna met us and took us to the apartment.
    • Dinner at Grand Café in Place Guillaume
      • Carpaccio
Tuesday, May 9
·         Luxembourg History Museum
·         Lunch in Place de Guillaume
o   Sausages, potato pancakes, and beer
·         Bus to American Military Cemetery
o   Patton’s grave
·         Dinner at Basso in the Grund (valley)
o   Snails
o   Schnitzel cordon bleu
o   Spaetzels with lardons
·         Nice walk home
Wednesday, May 10
  • Ville Vaudon
    • Bosch exhibit
    • Edward Steichen exhibit
      • Moved to Milwaukee at age 10
  • Walk through city park
  • Walked to train station to get tickets to Brussels
  • Lunch at Place de Paris
    • Beef burgundy
  • Long walk to Clausen
    • Got a little lost
    • Ended up at Scott’s across from Bosso for a well deserved beer
  • Dinner at Café Grand
    • Prime Ministers of Luxembourg (Xavier Bettel) & the Czech Republic were there too
Thursday, May 11 – travel day
  • Train to Brussels
  • Rue de la Fourche 7 Brussels
  • Frites at Georgette café
  • Magritte Museum
    • Saw Atomium from window!
  • Beer
  • Georgette café for dinner
    • Asperges a la Flamande was is season!
Friday, May 12
  • Antoine Wiertz Museum
  • Mannekin Pis
  • Beer & snacks
  • Lunch at Chez Leon
    • Moules & frites
  • Walk through St Catherine
    • Oysters on the street
  • Dinner at Georgette cafe
Saturday, May 13
·         AC Flight 833
·         Departs BRU at 10:45AM
§  Change planes in Montreal
§  My suitcase didn’t make it
·         Arrive ORD at 2:49PM
·         Bus to Milwaukee
·         Home by 6:00PM

  • Suite case delivered on Monday