Luxembourg American Cemetery, Luxembourg

And more card for today, again, thanks to myself. Yeah, that trip to Belgium included also a one day trip to Luxembourg, however I apologise for the lack of cards from there, but time was really limited.
However, when I saw this cemetery card, I just knew I had to send it to myself. For a while I even thought that this may be just some cemetery dedicated to the American soldiers, elsewhere, but it is indeed in Luxembourg, so yeah, nice catch :)

Unfortunately, we didn't manage to visit it, but hopefully another time. Luxembourg is really cute plus they plan on introducing free public transport for all (buses, trams, trains...) so why not use that chance and explore more of it.

The cemetery was established on December 29, 1944 by the 609th Quartermaster Company of the U.S. Third Army while Allied Forces were stemming the enemy's desperate Ardennes Offensive, one of the critical battles of World War II. The city of Luxembourg served as headquarters for Gen. George S. Patton's U.S. Third Army. Gen. Patton is buried here.

5,073 service members lie here, many of whom lost their lives in the Battle of the Bulge and in the advance to the Rhine River.


As for Luxembourg itself, I guess it would be more appropriate to talk about it and show you pictures with some actual touristy view card :)

and yay, a cancellation! The stamp is a SEPAC issue from 2018, showing spectacular views (this one shows the Beaufort Castle located in Eastern Luxembourg)

And well, that would be it for today. Not too bad after so much silence!
Hope this 2019 had started well for you and has already brought you some lovely cards in the mailbox!

Till next time...

Fonds de Gras, Luxembourg

I started with a train card, so lets end it with a train card... and the funny thing is that this train card arrived without the address number as well - Agi couldn't have done it better, even if she had tried :D

The  card shows the "Train 1900" which runs between Pétange and Fond-de-Gras, on the former "Mining Line". The train line was opened in 1874 in order to transport the iron ore extracted from neighbouring mines.
Historically, the Fond-de-Gras was one of the most important mining centres in Luxembourg. A few years after the closure of the last mine at the Fond-de-Gras in 1964, a few volunteers worked to preserve part of the railway line with the aim of operating a tourist train on the line. The first train ran in 1973.

at first I thought this stamp showed a bottle of perfume so I was even trying to sniff it... will just have to add this to my list of nonsense-I-have-done.
It is in fact from a set of 3 stamps issued in 2015 representing the National Museum of History and Art.

So, the storm didn't come after all, but at least I have used the time wisely :D

Aginice, hvala ti na sve ove divne razglednice i markice! Nadam se da se vidimo opet, prije ili kasnije! :*

And thank you all for stopping by. Make sure to check again soon, or not so soon, for another just regular no-fairy update :)

Luxembourg

I had things to read for work tonight...but on my way home i realized I had forgotten the folder at work, with all the documents..and i honestly didnt feel like going back...so I guess it was meant to be that i relax a bit tonight :)

so i thought I could use the time and post some cards...smart idea, no? :P

I dont often receive cards from Luxembourg, so it was a great delight to receive this lovely surprise from Peggy!
The card shows some nice places in the city of Luxembourg....in the top left corner you can see La Vieille Ville...next to it is the Marché-aux-Herbes, while below are Pulvermuehl and Les Trois Glands.

So it means that there are some really nice sites in Luxembourg of which i barely know anything...coz I just cant seem to get rid of the idea that Luxembourg is not just one small street but has much more to offer than that...

the stamp is from a set of two issued last year, commemorating the Dynasty 2011...and this is Prince Guillaume.

Thank you so much again Peggy for making my mailbox happy! :)

Luxembourg

A lovely Luxembourg map card I received as a surprise from Tina!!

Looking at the card, I actually get an idea of how big Luxembourg is..well, I just always have this idea that Luxembourg equals to places like Monaco or San Marino, but it is indeed much much bigger..2,586 km2 to be more precise.
And here you have a nice division of the Luxembourg cantons, 12 in total, and these cantons are further divided into 116 communes..btw, above the cantons are the 3 districts...well, thats a whole lot of divisions for a small country like this...

and here comes the stamp, which shows that this card was mailed from Luxembourg directly :)
It was issued in 2009, representing Classical Architecture.

Hvala ti TIna!!!

Luxembourg

One of the absolutely great cards i received during these past two weeks is my first card from Luxembourg, sent by Ksenia who went there on a short trip...i was surprised, amazed and immensly grateful when i found it in my mailbox!!

Luxembourg is one of those places in the world which give me a small headache, since the city's capital is also Luxembourg, and its so small, that its hard for me to comprehend that its actually a coutnry. But i think thats what makes it appealing to me :)

Luxembourg is a small landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France and Germany. It has a population of under half a million people in an area of approximately 2,586 square km. It is a parliamentary representative democracy with a constitutional monarch, ruled by a Grand Duke. It is the world's only remaining sovereign Grand Duchy.
Its historic and strategic importance dates back to its founding as a Roman Era Fortress Site and Frankish count's Castle in the Early Middle Ages.
Luxembourg is a founding member of the European Union, NATO, the United Nations, Benelux and the Western European Union. The city of Luxembourg, the capital and largest city is the seat of several institutions and agencies of the European Union.

Thank you Ksenia for the thoughtfulness and the contribution to my collection...I absolutely love it! :)