luxembored

for as long as i can remember, my best friend greg and i have had this weird and unexplainable obsession with luxembourg. yes, the country. growing up, it was the unquestioned answer to everything. in fourth grade, we were allowed to choose any country to do a school report on. greg chose luxembourg. i chose papua new guinea, but only because luxembourg was already taken. in high school, the punchline to 4 out of 5 jokes had something to do with luxembourg. greg wrote one of his college admissions essays on luxembourg. when studying abroad in london, i tried to convince everyone i knew to come to luxembourg with me. no one would. but now, finally, after all these years, greg is officially travelling to luxembourg for 10 days with his graduate program. LUXEMBOURG, AT LAST! at last we will know what the hell we've been obsessed with for the past two decades!

because honestly, who goes to luxembourg? it's like the rhode island of europe. a little growth on the underside of belgium. greg and i were discussing, and we think that in europe, luxembourg is kind of like the local coffee shop. no one actually wants to go there, or does anything worthwhile there, but they go there to hang out on their way to more important things. "hey, i have a meeting at 6 in germany, but it's only 4. oh well, i guess i'll just go hang out in luxembourg until then." "i'm going to stop at luxembourg on my way to france, i just need to grab a snack and stretch my legs." "hey guys, we're all gonna meet at 'the lux' and go from there, ok?" "whoa, luxembourg is pretty crowded today. eh, i didn't really feel like going there anyway. who's up for the netherlands??!?"