Category: Strasbourg 2025

Gëlle Fra is situated in Constitution Square which overlooks some phenomenal views of the city…

• Location: 49° 36′ 34.24″ N 6° 7′ 41.02″ E

We woke quite late, I popped a few blog entries on then we got ready and bibbed off on the scooter for the 35 minute (non-motorway route) to Luxembourg city…

Dave just put “Luxembourg Centre” into Google Maps so we ended up in the newer financial section of town where he then took us into an underground parking lot 🤷‍♀️ where we then realised motorbikes and scooters weren’t allowed…

We couldn’t turn around & go back so he then had to drive AROUND the IN-barrier, drive to the exit and then drive AROUND the OUT-barrier 😳 (he knows how to keep me on my toes !!! 😂)

I suggested that he pull over and type in “Gëlle Fra” (Golden Lady) so we’d get where I wanted us to go and 6 minutes later we were parking up 😅

“Gëlle Fra” is a 21 metre tall obelisk with a Golden Lady statue on the top – which was erected in 1923 to honour all of the thousands of Luxembourgers who volunteered for service in the armed forces during both World Wars – and lost their lives…

• Location: 49° 36′ 34.42″ N 6° 7′ 43.28″ E

The campsite has a restaurant and Dave suggested we eat there that evening so we wandered along and Dave had the Steak Hache with peppercorn sauce, fries & salad and I had – what ended up being a HUGE (hot) chicken & mushroom vol-au-vent – and it was absolutely DELICIOUS 😋

Washed down with a carafe of local wine & beer – what’s not to like ? !!!

• Location: 49° 29′ 5.51″ N 5° 59′ 10.17″ E

The road that leads to both the campsite entrance and the Deer Park is the same – and we’d gone past these wooden creations a few times and truly thought (but didn’t know why) that they were ladies legs.

Then yesterday when we returned from town, I noticed the Deer Park sign and said “Oooohhhh they’re NOT ladies legs – they’re ANTLERS !!!”

But whoever designed them…

It’s a bit suspect – look… 😂😂😂

• Location: 49° 29′ 9.96″ N 5° 59′ 10.59″ E

We returned from the Deer Park, had some lunch and bibbed off on the 5 minute scooter-ride into town to see what it was like.

Can I just say at this point that we could have had a guided tour of a blast furnace but Dave wasn’t up for it…

Anyway, the campsite we are in is located in a place called Esch-sur-Alzette which (I’ve just this second found out from Mr Google) is not actually a town but “the second largest city in Luxembourg and also one of the most multicultural cities in the country with over 120 different nationalities united on one spot”.

Anyway it had a pretty square with the standard Hotel De Ville (Town Hall) but more importantly that explains why it had absolutely loads of clothes shops including a C&A !!! (where I bought a lovely pair of earrings).

Think I might have to have a second visit before we leave…

• Location: 49° 29′ 44.98″ N 5° 59′ 6.88″ E

On-site there was a free Deer Park to go and visit – with deer, goats, parrots, etc.; neither of us are heavily into zoos but we thought we’d have a little walk around…

We bought a bag of animal food but to be honest, it didn’t look that appetising, nearly all the visitors had one of these bags of food – and I think the animals (in the main) were full !!!

We got a couple of pics & vids feeding the goats then I gave the bag of food to a lady with LOTS of children…

• Location: 49° 29′ 4.35″ N 5° 59′ 10.92″ E

So we got up, packed up and got on our way and I thought we’d be stopping halfway between Molsheim and Luxembourg but Dave said it was only 3 hours or so – so we’d push on and get there…

What you all don’t know is that this entire trip has been based around an Abba 99 tribute concert in a park in Luxembourg – one minute’s walk from a particular campsite (Camping Bon Accueil) that was only 15 minutes on the scooter from Luxembourg City.

So I rang that campsite and…

They were fully booked 😔

“Fail to plan – plan to fail”, I hear you say !!!

I continued to Google and found another campsite – not too far away and rang – but they were full too 😔 😔

Third time lucky – we got in – for four nights (until Saturday) at Camping Gaalgebierg – but it was 35 minutes into Luxembourg by scooter (non-motorway route) – or a free shuttle bus (which runs all day) from the campsite to the nearby railway station – so I felt that was a acceptable alternative…

We arrived, set up and had a BBQ to use up the pork chops and sausage Dave had bought the other day and he cooked it to perfection 👌

We got back about 9pm and I said I’d fix us a snack 🧀🥖🍇

The previous evening when I’d searched for the beanie hat (freebie from Ducati when we went to MotoGP at Silverstone back in 2017) I came across the 200 fairy lights (that I’d previously bad-mouthed Dave for taking out of The Van at the last festival we went to in The Van when I wanted to put them up and couldn’t find them 😂)

So I asked him to plug them in for me – they were on a big roll & I said it was fine to leave them like that but look what he did !!! ❤️

(I’ve taken 

Awww I LUV My Dave, I do 🥰 (the guy next door even came & took a photo !!!)

So we popped the music on (low), had a snack, a drinkie & a chat and it was a lovely end to a lovely day 😊

• Location: 48° 32′ 31.32″ N 7° 29′ 59.56″ E

After departing Little Venice, we made our way to the station and picked up a couple of tinnies for the way home !!!

And when we’d left Strasbourg on Friday, there had been no conductor on the way back so we took a chance & (luckily) nobody asked us for tickets on either the train from Colmar to Strasbourg or on the Strasbourg to Molsheim – result !!!

• Location: 48° 4′ 21.45″ N 7° 20′ 48.37″ E

We left the restaurant just before 7pm then made our way to Little Venice – only a few minutes away…

And it was idyllic…

The audio tour states that the place is steeped in legend with elves and a werwolf who keeps them in order…

And it was like a little fairytale village…

Everywhere adorned with flowers… (which they apparently swap for soft toys and Christmassy things once the summer is over…)

Sadly we didn’t manage a gondola ride this time but we will definitely be back !!!

… and us !!!

• Location: 48° 4′ 28.38″ N 7° 21′ 37.42″ E