Date of visit: May 1, 2011, around 4:00 p.m.
I’ll be continuing my travelogue for a little while longer, except for the beautiful villages. After France, we are now in Luxembourg. Our lodging for the day is in a small town called Clerveaux in the Ardennes region on the Luxembourg side.
On the way to Clerveaux from Schengen, there is a very beautiful castle, which is not so well known in Japan.
It’s called « Château de Vianden ». The castle is located in a small town about one hour north of Luxembourg City.
Just to the right is already Germany, isn’t it?
We got off the highway that had been running until halfway and drove smoothly through the mountains, although we took a few wrong turns. As soon as I came to the place where it opened up a little bit, the castle suddenly appeared in front of me in this way.
It’s quite powerful.
Well, it was the first day of May and there were many tourists in this small town. It was hard to find a parking lot…
When I was wandering around the city at random, I got out and had to go to the city again. But on the way, I found a great shooting point.
We circled around the city. Finally, we found an open space near the castle.
It was already past 16 hemorrhoids, but we were able to enter the castle just in time. When you come close, you can feel the power even more.
The view from the castle.
Well, the inside of the castle was not that interesting to be honest, because it looked like a typical European castle exhibition (lol).
So we had to rush to see the castle because of the time. Even so, I was very happy to see such a powerful and beautiful castle, because it is rare to see.
このルクセンブルクの北部は「アルデンヌ地方」と呼ばれています。ベルギー側にもまたがっていますね。このエリアは素敵な古城が点在していることでも有名。今回はもう時間がないですが、機会があればベルギー側も含めた古城ドライブをしてみたいです。
