Showing posts with label Luxembourg. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Luxembourg. Show all posts

Saturday, July 5, 2008

Video of the choir

On June 19th, the boys sang for U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg, Ann Wagner. Here's the video:


Thursday, June 19, 2008

Viking Today... 6/19

The boys start out today with a trip from Sarreguemines to Luxembourg. Around a two hour trip
Sarreguemines to Luxembourg

Luxembourg is actually country unto itself, officially known as "Grand Duchy of Luxembourg" The entire country is only as big as one and a half Hennepin counties and has a population of about half of Hennepin county.

Luxembourg at Night
Ruins of fortifications
Bonus Picture I found after I sent the email!

The itinerary says they'll be seeing the town with Dominique Vitali, Head of Protocole with US-Embassy and then having tea with Ambassador Ann Wagner.
Ann Wagner at the US Embassy

They'll be visiting the American Military Cemetery where most of the more than 5,000 interred there died at the Battle of the Bulge which was fought nearby.
Satellite View
American Military Cemetery
American Military Cemetery 2
General Pattons Grave Marker

Next they have a performance at the Luxembourg Protestant Church. There's an announcement on their homepage about the boys.
English Homepage

A note that I'm sure will be interesting to the boys is that in 1939 when the church was being renovated, it was discovered that there was a crypt hidden beneath the church behind a plaque reading "Sanguis Eius Super Nos" which, from what I can figure out, roughly translates to, "Let his blood be on us" and is known as "The Blood Curse"
Blood Curse