06 April 2015

Easter Monday is a holiday in Luxembourg, as well as a day of a special tradition known as Eemaischen. The most notable aspect of this tradition is the selling of clay bird whistles or Pëckvillercher. Even though 95% of the shops were closed, downtown Luxembourg Ville was as crowded as I’ve ever seen it. It was difficult to even get a good look at the whistles. I had expected them to be small enough that they could fit in a closed hand. In fact, they are the size of a normal potato, if not bigger. More information here and here.

On the way back to the train station, I walked a different way than I normally do to avoid the crowds. One of the paths from the bridge to the area far below had this warning:

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Challenge accepted!