European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 5, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 2007 stars and stripes Page 25 carved above a doorway in Luxembourg ish Are the words Mir Wolle Leiwe we want to stay what we from Page 24 which leaves things a Little but Lack of Rowdy week ends there is stuff of inter est most of it relates to some ancient and some Luxembourg began in 963 As a Castle now gone built by a count Siegfried on a Rock the Bock that made it defensible on All As happened in this part of the when a Castle went a town grew below after a few Hundred years and an upgrade in dutch and prussians took turns occupying the seems everybody wanted to control this impregnable fortress despite its newfound pre Nabili it was mainly the Spanish who carved fortified compartments Complete with can Nons into the its Esti mated those Walls could hold their horses and their by treaty the second treaty of which came in 1867 after the Austro prussian Luxembourg became an Independent and the casimates largely but not in the surviving re purposed As bomb shelters though bombs never fell Here held along with major parts of the old they Are a Enesco world heritage and you can tour alone or with speaking of world War ii before and during the Battle of the bulge in the Winter of 1944 Omar Bradley head quarters in Luxembourg was the grand hotel before said a the Ger even though the City escaped the bombing that strafed much of the there Are not All Are in said Pierrette ant our there was a strike during the German occupation and a lot of people were others died in concentration its kind of she like in my my mom was but my grand father my moms dad they hid whereas my fathers father was a Loyal Luxembourg but his Brothers and Sisters were so it went through All Luxembourg and we have villages that totally a few Miles outside the near the suburb of is an american military most of the More than fell during the Battle of the act photos the grand Ducal City residence of the grand Dukes family but used these Days primarily for is set handsomely in Luxembourg cites historic the Golden lady pulled Down for her Gold by nazi occupiers in stands tall once again in Luxembourg Constitution whose Battleground was this country and Eastern Bel among the War dead rest ing Here one woman a 22 pairs of Brothers and George Patton who died in Germany months after the wars end but wanted to be buried with his near the american cemetery is a German military More than German dead Are Here some who were As Young As buried two or More to a Cross but in a single mass they didst have the said North of the primarily in the Lovely rolling Countryside that is the Luxembourg Are towns that also among them Home of an outstanding military and Ettel with its Patton memorial museum and monumental statue of the general whose army Liber ated the City on Christmas there Are other other monuments and in the there soil find ing remnants of but Luxembourg City is doing Fine Homes Grace Chemin de la a Lovely Walkway that affords strollers marvelous views of the the Grund and the Lazette River last the City opened a new museum of contemporary the Musee Dart moderne Gran due Jean or for designed by who gave the louvre its reaction was decidedly about 80 percent of the Cost went to the snarled one of the Many Youthful tourist helpers scattered around that didst leave much for the added a woman who works the ticket desk at the established Art museum in the Musee National Chi store it Dart they have some paintings but for very strange very Robert coordinator general for Luxembourg the cultural capital provided perspective normally the focus of the museum is rather on temporary because the size is not big enough for both at the same sometime this fall a new fortress museum is expected to open next in any whatever on exhibit in the Art museum this tourist season Likely the grave of George Patton who died soon after world War is in the american military cemetery outside Luxem Bourg will be a must see for anyone drawn Here by the cultural Capi Tal the other euro Pean cultural capital for 2007 is speaking of Art among the examples of Public Art Worth seeking out is a Fountain that features with great performing while sur rounded by it is commonly referred to As Roude Petz the red Why it int we Call it the red foun explained a on wednesdays and Satur place Guillermo ii the Plaza in front of the City Steps from the Seldom used Palace of the grand Duke becomes a Farmers filled with fresh produce and fresh All during a regular said you can walk into the Market and run into the grand Duchess and Shes doing her grocery that very at the main City Square not far from place Guillermo place bands play live music almost daily during in Luxembourg the entire duchy is the size of a typical american county children Are taught French and and speak despite efforts to the the French have been telling us for 800 years that soon nobody going to speak Luxem Bou Gish said for 800 years we still do speak it and we will speak it for a very Long time to its part of our and that what we want to be and were very proud of it is a Pride that helped carry this Little country during the worst of carved above a door in a build ing that in the 14th Century was a fish Market is a in Luxem Bou Gish Mir Wolle Leiwe wat Mir translation we want to stay what we and explained my comes from the Lyric of a song that was written in Honor of our first in the the lyrics you can visit us from France and but do not try to change be cause we want to stay what we so and its capital is what it and what it has been for a while now truly Worth a Day or before catching the next train somewhere for visit the Luxembourg National tourist office at or Check the Luxembourg City tourist office site at