Why Luxembourg matters

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SHHHHHH, PLEASE DON'T TELL EVERYBODY ABOUT THIS LITTLE BIT OF HEAVEN ON EARTH. 1958 I pulled into the train station in Luxembourg City from Metz, France, (another please Shhhh about place) I was an eighteen year old American soldier at the time. Love comes to some but once in a lifetime. For myself Love struck twice on the same week end. At age twenty one, I married the most wonderful girl in the world (she was to me) and I met her the week end I arrived in Luxembourg. Sadly twenty years and two sons later the marriage ended due to my stupidity. But my love for tiny Luxembourg goes on and on. I go back every few years, and become in my mind an eighteen year old soldier all over again. And only Luxembourg has the power to do that for me. The people (native Luxembourgers) adore Americans and it has been passed down through the generations the stories about American GI's and their sacrifices and kindness.

8-21-2010 @ 10:01PM

Rita said...

Eric,
Thank you for writing that little note to all about your experiences in Luxembourg and to mention Metz, France where some of my relatives came from. I've been passed down stories of the place and how lovely it was at one time (and I hear, remains to this day) and the ballet which I loved and studied myself and the flowering lanes and waterways and the great Cathedral. I dreamt of being able to go there, but time has left me unable to travel, albiet in spirit to this fairy tail place. Your brought it to life in your note! :)
My uncle was there in the Battle of the Bulge (in that area) and he's since passed away. Our last name was Metz, but then, it could be everyone from that area was destined to share that name just because it was easier for Americans to say! :)
Does the name still exist there ------ if ever?! :) They spoke a French/German language also! Take care, thanks for the nostalgia. PS, I've a picture of the Moselle on my desktop! Our relatives went to Pennsylvania like so many others. Sorry your love story didn't work out, you should go back and maybe find another? It could happen! :) Take care now, RitaMarie

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