. Luxembourg; the grand duchy and its people . ght bank of the Our. Hereits pathway has been blasted out of the tree-coveredmountain-side, and its footing on the dizzy heightseems frail enough. Almost straight below rollsthe river, and far on the right, mountain andvalley, spreads Prussia, with Roth, a scattered anduntidy little village lying at the end of the frontierbridge, where no customs are exacted. Twist goesthe river, and the railway runs across it < but notinto Prussia, for here the frontier has been pushedback up the mountain slope so that Vianden mightnot have to dwell under two
. Luxembourg; the grand duchy and its people . ght bank of the Our. Hereits pathway has been blasted out of the tree-coveredmountain-side, and its footing on the dizzy heightseems frail enough. Almost straight below rollsthe river, and far on the right, mountain andvalley, spreads Prussia, with Roth, a scattered anduntidy little village lying at the end of the frontierbridge, where no customs are exacted. Twist goesthe river, and the railway runs across it < but notinto Prussia, for here the frontier has been pushedback up the mountain slope so that Vianden mightnot have to dwell under two flags. Down rollsthe train again, with its bell in action, and it landsits passengers and goods at a small station on outskirts of the town. And in comingdown it takes care to present to the traveller anextraordinarily beautiful view of that historicallyfamous little place which derives its name from thesame source as that of prouder Vienna, and withwhich rulers as mighty as and mightier than those Celtic, Vien, signifying VIANDEN AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD 237 who used to hold sway in Vienna were not claim friendship and to desire alliance. Vianden straggles, like a rugged S, one long streetfrom the station, across the river and up to the footof the bold rocks upon which the castle quaint, picturesque little town it is—a little bit ofGutland set down in sterner, grislier Osling, witha history which no place in the Grand Duchy cansurpass. Well, near the station you will find theHotel Ensch. Go in and order lunch, and if youwish to be made at home at once by the genialproprietor speak in English to him, and tell himyou are looking forward to tasting Our salmon,which he knows so well how to cook. Then, whileyou await the luncheon call, climb up through thejolly little wood at the back of the hotel and lookdown on Vianden, with its gardens and fruit-trees,its vine-clad heights, its deep and varied colours,and, towering above all, its castle. T
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