HOWALD — A local grandmother says she’s eager to meet the new owners of the house next door, and that she’s baking them one of her famous apple cakes to welcome them to the neighbourhood. Madeline Driscoll, 79, says she was delighted that only days after the four-bedroom house was put on the market, it […]
Archives for April 2019
Facebook friend wants you to know she took selfie at Notre Dame in 2014
Admitting that people all across the world are suffering in the wake of a fire that almost destroyed the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris on Monday, a Facebook friend wants you to know that for her the pain is personal because during a 2014 visit to the city she took a selfie there. “I know […]
Know-it-all expat can name prime minister
CLAUSEN — In a move that’s unsurprising because he’s a total know-it-all, according to those close to him, a local expat has impressed his friends by giving the name of Luxembourg’s prime minister. Sasha Onyeze, 34, has over the years fostered a reputation as someone who reads too much about arcane topics, and who likes […]
This expat couple swore they were only going to stay in Luxembourg for 18 months, but … hey, where’d they go?
We all know that old story. You get offered a high-salary position in Luxembourg, so you say, sure, we’ll live there for a little bit, save up some money, then move to another, sunnier place. But then 15 years have passed, your Luxembourgish-speaking kids are starting lycée, and you’re knee-deep in potatoes and crémant. In […]
Shocking discovery: hundreds of juniors living in tunnel below Kirchberg
KIRCHBERG — Two sisters playing in a patch of trees have made a shocking discovery, one that will radically change our understanding of how those who earn low salaries working 80 hours a week in Luxembourg manage to get by. On Wednesday evening, the two girls saw a young man in a suit walk through […]