Dublin to Luxembourg - Day 5

Great breakfast followed by a tour with Gillian of the Tenement Museum. Gillian’s father grew up nearby - 100 people to 19 rooms - 17 families. She also has encountered many folks who came back to visit who had lived there. It was a very personal and heartfelt tour by Gillian, with many tears by her, as her father recently had died and this was her last day touring. She had too many memories of her da, especially as he showed up in a tour one day and heckled her throughout the tour.

Sadly, these old Georgian mansions, left behind in 1801 when Ireland joined the UK in the Act of Union, turned into tenements that continued to exist until 1979. The 1801 act abolished the local parliament and, in name only, allowed Irish protestant representation in Westminster.

Luxembourg. A way stop on the trip to Strasbourg, we stayed at Villa Petrusse, a sumptuous hotel just next to the Haut Ville.Read more