Luxembourg; Sunday, 09 February, 2020

I had a bit of a lie-in and a later breakfast before checking out of the hotel and heading out.

My first stop of the morning was back over to the Bock from where I followed the other edge of the promontory round through the impressive Three Towers Gate and then continued back down into Pfaffenthal.

From Pfaffenthal I caught the lift back up to the upper town and then wandered over towards the Adolphe Bridge. This impressive bridge spans the Pétrusse valley and links back to an impressive sweep of buildings on the opposite bank. I walked over the bridge and had been intending to take the slopes down into the Pétrusse valley, but I ended up taking a wrong turn and instead of heading down into the valley I found myself on a hidden pedestrian and cycle way that is suspended beneath the Adolphe Bridge.

From here there are amazing views down the Pétrusse valley, with the arches of the bridge acting as the perfect frame for pictures of the fortifications and the cathedral. I headed back across the valley, this time underneath the bridge.

Back on the side where I’d started I headed along the side of the fortifications for a little while back to the Place de la Constitution and then onto the Cathedral which I went in to have a look around.

Having taken in the Cathedral I then headed back over to the fortifications and this time took a very steep set of steps that descended all the way down, through the fortifications, to the floor of the Pétrusse valley to the tiny river.

I wandered along the valley the couple of hundred yards or so until the river finally reaches the Alzette at the start of Grund.

I had a bit more of a wander around Grund before it was time to head back up into the city and make my way over to the hotel to collect my bags and make my way back to the airport.

I had a quick journey through the airport and into the departures lounge where I ended up having to wait quite a lot longer than originally expected as the stormy weather initially delayed the departure of the plane from London, and then forced it to undertake a go-around at Luxembourg, so it was a good hour late before we finally pushed back and made our way back into the tail end of Storm Ciara as it left the UK.