Clervaux and some rest

We had a day of supposedly doing nothing in Vianden, but we did do a bike ride which was a bit strenuous for me – biking up the hills and I ended up being very fatigued.

Wednesday we went to leave Vianden and and as we were packing up I thought it was raining, but Scot said it was hailing.  I said no way was it hailing, but then I realised that indeed there were really small hail pieces hitting the car.  I couldn’t believe it – how strange.  Anyway we hit the road and decided to back track and visit Beaufort as there was supposed to be a lovely castle there too and the area looked lovely.  When we got to Beaufort though it wasn’t as we had expected and the castle was in quite a ruin so after seeing the one in Vianden it wouldn’t have seemed the same so we didn’t bother going through it.  We did the 4km walk in the rainforest instead.  It was lovely and peaceful but on our way back Scot again said it was hailing.  I really didn’t believe it, but it wasn’t raining at all, it was hailing very small pieces and lasted only a few minutes and stopped.  I have never been in a rainforest and been hailed on before!

We decided to continue on as Beaufort wasn’t quite what we had expected so drove on to Clervaux.  We stopped at a small supermarket on the way as we hadn’t enough supplies and had a German man join our table as we had coffee and told us about the nature preservation work he was doing in Luxembourg preserving Arnica as it was now quite rare to find it in Luxembourg.  Interesting meeting strangers like that and discovering their story in life.

We headed off into Clervaux and what a beautiful little village we decended upon.  We found a camping ground – well the only one actually in Clervaux and it is a delight.  Unfortunately for me, and for Scot who has to put up with me and deal with it, the strenuous exercise we did in Vianden has set off my adrenal fatigue in a big way and I am feeling very unwell, fatigued and unable to do very much.  We have decided to stay in Clervaux for 5 nights to give me some rest before we head off to Netherlands in the hope that I will still be able to walk a bit when there.  At the moment it is taking a huge toll on me just walking a couple of kms and I need to rest up because i am so tired.  We did walk up to the abbey today and I even lit a candle and said a prayer hoping it will ease off so i/we can enjoy the rest of the holiday.  Obviously buying the bikes may not have been a good idea so i will avoid hills and any really further strenuous exercise in future.  I have to say though that it is nice to stay in one spot for more than a couple of days.  We are camped beside the river Our which we can hear flowing at night and there is a good size swimming pool that Scot had a swim in yesterday.  The temp in the pool is about 22o so not too bad really.  I did get told off for wearing my jandals into the pool surrounds yesterday, which i found a bit strange.

Scot here while V is doing the laundry-yes someone has to do it- sipping mulled wine, crackers & chips and having a read.

Must admit we are getting into a lovely habit of sleeping in, having a cuppa in the morning reading then showering and walking into town-about 5 minutes- and having coffee and cake, a different one every day. I am starting to feel like a local where the café owner says ‘oh you are still here then’. I had a haircut yesterday and when I said I have a number three for the sides she shaved off the side whoops it is number 9 here but all looked good and wont need another one for a while.

I always feel I want to go for a run or bike in the morning but it is a bit cold and it is so cosy tucked up in bed and not having to get up and go to work. Oh well some decisions are difficult right?

We are deciding whether to go and eat out tonite(pizza?) which we really haven’t done or baked beans but so conscious that the cost to eat out is like buying groceries for 4 days but still feel we need to treat ourselves once in a while.

Vicki is right it is so beautiful here surrounded by hills in a valley and with the hotels here it must be busy in the height of summer which is really around the corner but still very quiet here. We may go on the train tomorrow. It stops right here and for 4 euro it goes to Luxemborg(45 minutes) and back, so even though we have been there should be cool to see the countryside and stop off for a coffee(and cake!) on one of the stops. Something different and will see some of the areas not seen by van.

Not sure what we will do Monday whether we stay one more nite somewhere on the way to N’Lands or Belgium but that is the great thing no real plans except moving along.