It was a nice campground all around. Every other site had a dog or kids, so when you mix the four or more cats that were roaming around, it was a bit rambunctious at times. I also woke up in the middle of one night to a Tawny Owl cooing (always cool to hear and see owls). There were also a lot of people with mountain climbing gear. I found out why later.
We had enough time there to do a bunch of hiking one day and then a volksmarch another day. The day we went hiking, we got a workout. It was about four hours of uphill and downhill green trees, green rocks, and lots of crevasses and exploring. Some of the rock formations looked so beautiful it almost looked landscaped. I'll just get to the pictures as that is really more explanatory than simply talking about it.
This was cool! Unlike in the States where they cordon everything off, most things were left open for people to roam wherever they chose. In a few spots, that had these ladders or stairs into the deeper crevasses. This particular one was too steep for the dog to get to and opened out on the other side of a large rock. It was like a mini-cave!
Etsy thoroughly enjoyed roaming around everywhere.
She even managed to get on rocks where we weren't quite sure how she got on them!
The way they have this forest area set up, only certain rocks are allowed to be climbed. I had never seen so many rock climbers in one spot, including belays and spectators, there were easily 80 people about simply climbing or watching climbers. Funny story with this...while at the top of one of the lookouts, a woman's head suddenly popped out from the ledge! She was climbing to the lookout point! It was very unexpected.
Some spots really did feel like we were in the movie The Labyrinth.
LOTS of places to explore!
Unfortunately, the pictures simply cannot capture the sheer massive scale and depth of these rock formations. They literally go for miles, the rocks and the trees are so equally green that sometimes it's hard to distinguish between them, and some of the canyons and creek beds are so beautiful and on grand scale that pictures simply make them look "flat" and rob them of the three-dimensionality that makes them so impressive and intriguing. We actually could not post my absolute favorite formation because there was no way to make the picture look like it even remotely resembled what we were seeing.
For those who care to go, Camping Martbusch in Berdorf, Luxembourg, not too far from if not inside of Little Switzerland.
The volksmarch the next day was in Niederanven, Luxembourg. It wove through fields and forest, like most volksmarches in the area. It was a nice day for a walk and was a little bit of a language barrier for us. Most people spoke German or French and very likely a Luxembourg dialect. Very few spoke English, so we got to work on our German skills a little more.
Food was awesome and inexpensive, as usual!
Etsy was quite happy to get all of the exercise she did on this weekend. She even got a nibble of dog kibble from some very nice ladies at one of the control stops on the route.
I honestly can't tell you where we'll be going next. Luxembourg was a bit impromptu and we're working on being good about sticking to a budget. Fortunately, there is still lots to offer on the cheap, as you can see. I'll keep you posted.
