Day 5 Friday 5th June 2009 Paris to Luxemburg

Day 5 Friday 5th June 2009 Paris to Luxembourg.
As we did not have to check out of the hotel until midday I spent some time looking for a post office to post some postcards. I did not find one, but I did see some more of Paris and its people especially the long queues of them waiting for a taxi at the railway station. I spent the rest of the morning with this diary. At midday we checked out and walked about 1km to the Gare de lÉst train station. We were not able to get on the 1:09pm ICE (Inter City Express) train as per itinerary as bookings were required that come at a cost. We caught the next ordinary train one hour later. We travelled through more beautiful farming countryside; the main difference this time is that the farm houses and buildings were in a group in the centre as a hub with the farms radiating out around them. I remember that last year when we flew from Zurich to Frankfurt I observed the same pattern. That was a lovely flight over very scenic country side. Small woodlands dotted the countryside. We arrived at Luxemburg at around 4:30pm and walked from the station across the road to the Empire hotel. I was able to catch up with our email courtesy the hotel Wi Fi.