My Dream Trip to Europe part 5

From France I believe my next stop will be to go northeast into Luxembourg. Depending on how you want to handle things and on pricing it might be best at this point to get a Euro Rail pass of some kind so you can more easily make reservations and travel without having to worry about a car through all of Europe. If needed you can always rent one for a day wherever you are.

We go to the city of Luxembourg (yes the same name as the country). There are a number of absolutely fascinating things about this country and city. There are parts of the city where you can see 1000 years of history and architecture in a 2 hour walk.

 

In Luxembourg you can also do a fair amount of wine tasting in the Moselle Valley. There are a number of wine and grape festivals that run in various cities throughout the fall.

One more thing near and dear to my heart is the food. According to VisitLuxembourg.com there are more Michelin Star restaurants per capita than any other country in the world. While I am all about tasting and enjoying the local food that normal people eat I have no problem with the occasional really nice meal. This is a dream trip after all.

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My Dream Trip to Europe part 4

 

Since we are in France, we certainly would want to take advantage of a country that produces some of the very best wines in the world. I believe that part of this would of course be nice well apportioned hotels but I am thinking that camping in a few places would be very cool.

Think about it. You spend the day touring some wine makers and tasting some of the best wine around. You buy a few bottles and head back to the camp ground. You have dinner and then you sit in front of a lovely fire under the stars with a nice bottle of your favorite. How wonderful and romantic would it be under those circumstances stargazing with your significant other with a warm fire in the background and a bottle of Pinot Noir to share.

This is something that you would want to allow some time for. There are many wine producing areas of France although the 3 that are probably the most well known are Bordeaux, Burgundy and Champagne. I know that I have already used up several weeks with this plan but this is my dream vacation so I can spend as much time as I want.

Please also make use of the wonderful cuisine of  the areas since I am certain that there are places that will do some wonderful food and wine pairings for you so if you you are going to go to this extent for a vacation, Make the most of it that you can.

 

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