Something I have really enjoyed in Luxembourg are the beautiful sunsets, as have my colleagues (here are two of them enjoying a romantic...

CinEast is a Central and Eastern European film festival which takes place in Luxembourg every October – this year was the 7th edition. I...

This was probably one of my favourite days out in Luxembourg, and again, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. A large groups of trainees...

It’s a cafe, it serves coffee and giant slices of delicious cake, its name is Chocolate House. Of course it’s going to be one of my...

I should warn you in advance, the next few posts will be food-related. If you know me at all, this won’t surprise you. So, number 7 on my...

For this one you’ll need to cast your minds back to October, when it was still warm and the leaves were turning brown. Lots of our...

This is the part where the list gets quite subjective! My biased number 9 is the European Quarter, in Kirchberg. The Parliament...

My first three months in Luxembourg are almost at an end, and there is a very festive atmosphere at work and in town. As I’ve said...

Luxembourg got a light dusting of snow last week, so the city looked even more beautiful than usual.

Our next traineeship trip was to Brussels, where the European Parliament has its second seat. Unlike the Strasbourg trip, this was only a...

It’s a lazy Sunday in Luxembourg. After a fun but cold day exploring the Christmas markets in Trier, I enjoyed sleeping in this morning...

I believe we have to tell people that learning another language is actually an adventure. It is tough, it needs work, but what it will do...

One of my favourite things about Luxembourg is that it’s a great base for travelling! Yesterday I went on a hike in Echternach with some...

It’s hard to believe that I’ve already been living and working in Luxembourg for a month and a half! The good news is that my traineeship...

The limits of my language mean the limits of my world. Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), Austrian born philosopher. (via oupacademic)...

I have now completed my first week as a trainee! OK, so my contract technically started on 1st October, but for the first two weeks our...

Moving to another country now seems like a routine process; the suitcase-dragging through airports and streets, getting used to...

Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people...

Well, I decided to start a blog! Thanks for dropping by! I have been toying with the idea of starting a blog for a while as a way to keep...