Luxembourg - Echternach

Instead of hurrying in and out of this little country, we decided to head out to the country for a while. So, for no particular reason, we jumped on a bus for a town called Echternach. This place is right up near the German border. (I forgot to say in my Lux City post, these guys are cool... they ALL speak - German, French, English and their native Luxembourgish, amazing...)

We had heard about a new hostel, and eventually we found it, nestled nicely next to a big artificial lake. The whole area is well known for its hiking and walking trails - in fact, for such a small country, they apparently have about 5000 km of walking trails - but we really couldn't be bothered. Well, we were going to, but found a beer or two instead.

After doing a walk around town (Echternach is actually the oldest town in Luxembourg) we just relaxed back at the lake and that night went to see a movie (actually found one in English).
The next day we got the bus up-river and hired a canoe to spend a couple of hours paddling back down to the town, which was a bit of fun, and a nice way of sight-seeing!

Center of town, can't remember what the building on the left is, but the main cathedral is there in the background

However, 2 nights was enough, so we headed back to Luxembourg City to continue our pilgrimage to the land of beer - Belgium!