After the day at Dunkirk and Poelcapel, we migrated to Diekirch, Luxemburg where Andrey had booked us a hotel.
Diekirch is in mountains as seen here. Didn't realize any were around - it's very close to Bastogne so I figured it was more forest and rolling hills.
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Light rain this morning and a very pleasant aroma from wet pines. The place really puts me in mind of Estes Park, Colo.
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Hit 2 museums in Lux.
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I probably shouldn't say it, but there's rather a 'sameness' to WW2 museums - same kit displayed in life size dioramas. But it's all interesting. Not much for dioramas in the Patton museum.
Stayed the night and rolled out early to the militaria expo in Ciney, Belgium... after the mandatory continental breakfast, of course! The brown food is liver pate' loaf.
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For non-militaria buffs, the expo might not be all that interesting. This table is fairly typical - swords & German kit. I'll see if there's a youtube vid & post that.
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If you couldn't get interested in swords and possibly bogus WW2 German kit, there were a LOT of options food-wise. This piggy sammich place smelled so good, there was no way I could walk by without trying one.
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I speak no French but was able to muddle my way through the menu. I went with "le cheese" with BBQ sauce and it was pretty darn tasty! Oddly, the most popular condiment for piggy sammiches was honey, and they laid it on thick.
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Prices seemed high. My pals said they were about 10x higher than the last expo in Oct. All I grabbed was a French colonial medal I didn't already have (Morocco) and a Russian saber which is being mailed.
But it was a great opportunity to see obscure items. Need tracks for your Soviet T-34? You want 'em - they got 'em!
Your useless trivia for the day - official language in Lux is French and German - also a dialect of German my Hungarian pal said is close to the German spoken in Switzerland. "Luxumbergian"
I'll add to this as I sort through more stuff in my hard drive.