And now what?: You can stand under my umbrella... If it's not too windy

Today I was visiting the rainy Luxembourgish village Echternach with my friend Magda. We spent about one hour in the bus, passing some of the most miniscule villages I have ever seen before getting there. But I guess that is normal if the capital of the country only has about 100.000 citizens.

Sadly we needed our umbrellas from the moments we left the bus. About ten minutes after we left the bus I was dealing with a severely injured umbrella already. This one managed to last me just over one month. I was forced to buy a new one on the spot, because there is much more rain to follow in my Luxembourg life. But what is the use? I can predict that it will be blown into pieces by a (not so severe) gust of wind sooner or later. Yet I keep buying umbrellas over and over again. Maybe I should just buy a rain coat next time and keep this in my bag for whenever it's gushing down again. But the thing is; I'm a bit vain. Not to mention lazy. It would be a lot of effort to put on a rain coat for a five minute walk from the bus stop to school. Using an umbrella is much easier. Plus you don't look like a 7 year old on a school trip. So I guess I'll stick with the umbrellas for a bit longer. Perhaps I should start a little emergency stock for the bad times. I will need it. Luxembourg is just as bad as England rain-wise, so no luck for me.

As far as Echternach goes; we saw a total of about five other tourists that had dared to go out with the rain as well and ended up having a long lunch in a cute tiny boulangerie to avoid being outside during a crazy rain pourdown. All in all it was a nice day. Time for more trips!

XOXO