Andrea - Please tell me what you think? I would like to add some popular Luxembourg web sites, as well as possibly pictures, so maybe we can exchange e-mails?
I think the students will find this easier to access, and the foreign participants may enjoy some more "personal" sections to communicate with myself and the students.
Andrea said... Hi, I am Andrea. I live in Luxembourg. Does anybody know where that is? If not, I would be glad to tell you.
May 14, 2009 12:12 PM your main blogger ross core 4 said... hey andrea, I do no were Luxembourg is, in fact were learning about eastern europe at my school. I would like to know interesting facts about luxembourg that we cant find in a book. and do you have any children if so what is there hobbys?
May 14, 2009 4:41 PM Tessa from the best core EEVVEERR!!! aka 4th core said... heyyyyyyyy Andrea, this is tessa. we learned about your country, Luxembourg. it sounds like a REALLY great Country. I Would like to know is there any popular singers that you listen to in Luxembourg??
Thanks for your time! BBBBBYYYEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 14, 2009 5:04 PM brandy core 3 said... hi this is brandy i would like to know two things
1. what is the most popular animal in Luxembourg?
2. what is the most popular type of houses in Luxembourg?
May 14, 2009 5:06 PM nickaleany said... hey andreawhat is life like in luxemburg
May 14, 2009 7:51 PM Andrea said... Hi there,
I am not sure, if I am supposed to write the answers here, as I can't see any other answers to the questions. But here are my answers:
To ross core 4, Luxembourg is in the middle of Europe, sometimes called "the heart of Europe". Did you know, that General Patton is buried here in Luxembourg? I do have a daughter, and she has several hobbies, like reading, listening to music, going to the movies and chatting on the internet with her friends.
To Tessa: We have no real popular singer from Luxembourg, but probably listen to the same music you do. There is a big variety of music to listen to, as we speak several languages, our radio stations also play the popular songs from different countries. American and English music are the most popular, but we also hear the newest songs from Germany, France, Spain and so on.
To Brandy: I would say, the most poplar animal is the dog. A lot of people have dogs, and they love to take them for their daily walk. Most of our houses are stone houses and you have all different kinds of styles and sizes.
To nickaleany: Life in Luxembourg is pretty good, I think. It is probably not much different from your life, except, that our cities are smaller. Our weather is probably not as good, as it is in America, it does rain a lot. My husband is American, and he is living here in Luxembourg already a long time, so life here must be ok
May 15, 2009 4:31 AM Anonymous said... I'm an American friend of Andrea. She travels and knows a lot about different points of interest throughout Europe. Ask her about some of her favorite vacation spots and castles. Health care is very different than in the USA. Andrea, tell the kids about the Stone restaurant we all went to in Lux.
May 15, 2009 12:12 PM maekayla-core3 said... Hi im Maekayla. I have a question for both of you. Is FASHION KOOL there. And what is the types of school like.
May 15, 2009 6:03 PM Andrea said... Hi Maekayla, I guess Fashion is Kool here,too. We are close to the big European fashion capitals, so the people that can afford it, buy all the newest fashions. But a lot of American things are very popular here and young people dress more or less the same than you do. I have a lot of American friends, and the one writing here, gave me this blog address to write to. She is a teacher and I think this blog is very interesting and a very good idea to get to know other cultures and customs. Keep on asking.
nickaleany said... what is the money like in luxembourg
May 15, 2009 9:41 PM OLivia:p said... hi Andrea! (my moms name is Andrea) haha Well what are some good foods in Luxembourg? Also what are the basic thing in the schooling you learn? thank u, Olivia:)
May 15, 2009 10:21 PM Andrea said... Hi nickaleany Up to the year 2001 we had the luxembourgish franc, which was the same money than in Belgium. Since 2001 we have the € (euro) which a lot of European countries now have, and which makes it easy for us to go shopping in other countries. Luxembourg is very close to France, Belgium and Germany and before 2001 we always had to change our money to German Marks or French Francs. Now we don't have to do that anymore.
Hi Olivia We have a lot of good food here in Luxembourg. We do have a lot of luxembourgish specialties, but that is mostly homecooking and not too many restaurants serve that food. Only a few. We mostly have very good french cuisine, but in Luxembourg City you can find all different kinds of restaurants, Chinese, Japanese, Indian and so on. The most popular ones are the French and Italian places. We have a lot of very good Italian restaurants and the pizzas are exactly the same than in Italy, or even better. They are different than American Pizzas. I do like both. And like my friend mentioned before, we have a Stone Steak house here in town, that's absolutely great. Everyone has a very hot granite stone as a plate, and on there you put little pieces of raw steak or scampis or lobstertail and cook it to your liking. On an extra plate you receive a variety of different potatoes and a salad. In front of the stone is a little dish with 4 different sauces, that you can dip the meat or scampis in it. It is absolutely delicious. I have taken many American friends there, and everybody, so far adored this special restaurant. You just have to watch out that you don't touch the hot stone. You can burn yourself. Of course we also have Fast Food like Mc Donald's, but so far no Burger King or Wendys.
Our schooling is much different from American schooling, I would say. As we are a small country, surrounded by other nations and languages, we are forced to learn a lot of languages. We speak Luxembourgish, but we do not learn how to spell or write that in school, but learn how to speak and write German in firs grade. As of the second grade, we continue with German and also start with French and that up to 7th grade. We normally have 2 years of Kindergarten, then we have 6 years of elementary school and from 7th grade on, we call it High School. There is no such thing as Junior High. From 8th grade on the kids will also study English, next to German and French and from the 8th Grade on you can choose another language, Italian or Spanish, but that depends if you choose to study languages If you study science, art or mathematics or so, you don't have to pick a fourth language. I would say, that speaking so many different languages is our biggest asset. We have to pass exams at the end of High School to be able to continue to go to University. We only have a small university here in Luxembourg, so most of our students choose to study in another country, like Germany, France, Austria or Belgium. My daughter studied English. She first studied 2 years in Luxembourg, and then went to study in Canterbury in England for another 3 years. She now teaches English in High School, but still has to go back to a special school for teachers 3 times a week for the next two years to get her final teachers degree.
Andrea said... To ross core, I was thinking about your earlier question, what you can't find in history books and thought, that not too many people know, that a long time ago, when things were really bad in Europe, about 50000 people from Luxembourg moved away and went to America. Mostly to Iowa and Wisconsin and Illinois. There are still towns, that remember their Luxembourgish origins and the old people still speak kind of Luxembourgish. Edward Steichen, a very famous American photographer, was born here in Luxembourg and moved to America. His exhibition "Family of Man" was brought back to Luxembourg after his passing away, just like he wanted it. The "Father of Flag Day " Bernard J.Cigrand came up with the idea of having a National Flag Day. He was born in America, but both his parents were from Luxembourg and had moved to America. These are things that you probably don't find easily in a history book.
May 16, 2009 9:20 AM
Andrea said... Hey Mr. Koczot, Nice hearing from you. It is a real pleasure for me to give some information about my country. Like everywhere else, the economy in Luxembourg is down, too. The banking business was our biggest asset the last years, after the steel industry had difficulties some years back. Now with this financial crisis all over the world, also Luxembourg has problems. It is not easy, but maybe, because Luxembourg is so small, we might have less problems in the end, than other countries. It's difficult to say. Every day about 60 000 people from the countries around us, cross the border to come and work in Luxembourg. With companies closing down, it's getting more difficult to keep a job in Luxembourg. But we are optimistic and our government is doing everything to help the people. I have been to a lot of countries in Western Europe like France, Germany, Belgium, Ireland, England, Switzerland, Austria,Liechtenstein, Italy, Spain. Since my daughter was studying in England, we have been to Canterbury a lot. I have never visited the Eastern part of Europe, but my husband has.
May 16, 2009 12:43 PM (jeremy the great)core 4 said... hi this is jeremy! is luxembourg hot or cold? what does your flag look like? Does your country have good food?
May 17, 2009 8:37 PM andrea said... Hi Jeremy. The weather in Luxembourg is a big subject. We used to have 4 seasons with cold winters, hot summers , nice autumns and beautiful springs. The weather has changed over the years, and it's raining more than before, it's not as cold anymore in winter with only once in a while some snow and if we are lucky we have a few weeks of nice summer weather. Our flag has three stripes, red, white and blue. Like I said before, we have very good food here. Mostly french cooking, but we also like our traditional luxembourgish dishes, which are more special and not everybody likes it. My husband especially loves deep fried potato pancakes.
Andrea - Please tell me what you think? I would like to add some popular Luxembourg web sites, as well as possibly pictures, so maybe we can exchange e-mails?
ReplyDeleteI think the students will find this easier to access, and the foreign participants may enjoy some more "personal" sections to communicate with myself and the students.
Thanks again for all your information.
Andrea said...
ReplyDeleteHi, I am Andrea. I live in Luxembourg. Does anybody know where that is? If not, I would be glad to tell you.
May 14, 2009 12:12 PM
your main blogger ross core 4 said...
hey andrea, I do no were Luxembourg is, in fact were learning about eastern europe at my school. I would like to know interesting facts about luxembourg that we cant find in a book. and do you have any children if so what is there hobbys?
May 14, 2009 4:41 PM
Tessa from the best core EEVVEERR!!! aka 4th core said...
heyyyyyyyy Andrea, this is tessa. we learned about your country, Luxembourg. it sounds like a REALLY great Country. I Would like to know is there any popular singers that you listen to in Luxembourg??
Thanks for your time!
BBBBBYYYEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 14, 2009 5:04 PM
brandy core 3 said...
hi this is brandy i would like to know two things
1. what is the most popular animal in Luxembourg?
2. what is the most popular type of houses in Luxembourg?
May 14, 2009 5:06 PM
nickaleany said...
hey andreawhat is life like in luxemburg
May 14, 2009 7:51 PM
Andrea said...
Hi there,
I am not sure, if I am supposed to write the answers here, as I can't see any other answers to the questions. But here are my answers:
To ross core 4,
Luxembourg is in the middle of Europe, sometimes called "the heart of Europe". Did you know, that General Patton is buried here in Luxembourg? I do have a daughter, and she has several hobbies, like reading, listening to music, going to the movies and chatting on the internet with her friends.
To Tessa:
We have no real popular singer from Luxembourg, but probably listen to the same music you do. There is a big variety of music to listen to, as we speak several languages, our radio stations also play the popular songs from different countries. American and English music are the most popular, but we also hear the newest songs from Germany, France, Spain and so on.
To Brandy:
I would say, the most poplar animal is the dog. A lot of people have dogs, and they love to take them for their daily walk.
Most of our houses are stone houses and you have all different kinds of styles and sizes.
To nickaleany:
Life in Luxembourg is pretty good, I think. It is probably not much different from your life, except, that our cities are smaller. Our weather is probably not as good, as it is in America, it does rain a lot. My husband is American, and he is living here in Luxembourg already a long time, so life here must be ok
May 15, 2009 4:31 AM
Anonymous said...
I'm an American friend of Andrea. She travels and knows a lot about different points of interest throughout Europe. Ask her about some of her favorite vacation spots and castles. Health care is very different than in the USA.
Andrea, tell the kids about the Stone restaurant we all went to in Lux.
May 15, 2009 12:12 PM
maekayla-core3 said...
Hi im Maekayla. I have a question for both of you. Is FASHION KOOL there. And what is the types of school like.
May 15, 2009 6:03 PM
Andrea said...
Hi Maekayla,
I guess Fashion is Kool here,too. We are close to the big European fashion capitals, so the people that can afford it, buy all the newest fashions. But a lot of American things are very popular here and young people dress more or less the same than you do.
I have a lot of American friends, and the one writing here, gave me this blog address to write to. She is a teacher and I think this blog is very interesting and a very good idea to get to know other cultures and customs. Keep on asking.
May 15, 2009 7:40 PM
nickaleany said...
ReplyDeletewhat is the money like in luxembourg
May 15, 2009 9:41 PM
OLivia:p said...
hi Andrea! (my moms name is Andrea) haha Well what are some good foods in Luxembourg? Also what are the basic thing in the schooling you learn?
thank u,
Olivia:)
May 15, 2009 10:21 PM
Andrea said...
Hi nickaleany
Up to the year 2001 we had the luxembourgish franc, which was the same money than in Belgium. Since 2001 we have the € (euro) which a lot of European countries now have, and which makes it easy for us to go shopping in other countries. Luxembourg is very close to France, Belgium and Germany and before 2001 we always had to change our money to German Marks or French Francs. Now we don't have to do that anymore.
Hi Olivia
We have a lot of good food here in Luxembourg. We do have a lot of luxembourgish specialties, but that is mostly homecooking and not too many restaurants serve that food. Only a few. We mostly have very good french cuisine, but in Luxembourg City you can find all different kinds of restaurants, Chinese, Japanese, Indian and so on. The most popular ones are the French and Italian places. We have a lot of very good Italian restaurants and the pizzas are exactly the same than in Italy, or even better. They are different than American Pizzas. I do like both. And like my friend mentioned before, we have a Stone Steak house here in town, that's absolutely great. Everyone has a very hot granite stone as a plate, and on there you put little pieces of raw steak or scampis or lobstertail and cook it to your liking. On an extra plate you receive a variety of different potatoes and a salad. In front of the stone is a little dish with 4 different sauces, that you can dip the meat or scampis in it. It is absolutely delicious. I have taken many American friends there, and everybody, so far adored this special restaurant. You just have to watch out that you don't touch the hot stone. You can burn yourself.
Of course we also have Fast Food like Mc Donald's, but so far no Burger King or Wendys.
Our schooling is much different from American schooling, I would say. As we are a small country, surrounded by other nations and languages, we are forced to learn a lot of languages. We speak Luxembourgish, but we do not learn how to spell or write that in school, but learn how to speak and write German in firs grade. As of the second grade, we continue with German and also start with French and that up to 7th grade. We normally have 2 years of Kindergarten, then we have 6 years of elementary school and from 7th grade on, we call it High School. There is no such thing as Junior High. From 8th grade on the kids will also study English, next to German and French and from the 8th Grade on you can choose another language, Italian or Spanish, but that depends if you choose to study languages If you study science, art or mathematics or so, you don't have to pick a fourth language. I would say, that speaking so many different languages is our biggest asset.
We have to pass exams at the end of High School to be able to continue to go to University. We only have a small university here in Luxembourg, so most of our students choose to study in another country, like Germany, France, Austria or Belgium. My daughter studied English. She first studied 2 years in Luxembourg, and then went to study in Canterbury in England for another 3 years. She now teaches English in High School, but still has to go back to a special school for teachers 3 times a week for the next two years to get her final teachers degree.
Andrea said...
ReplyDeleteTo ross core,
I was thinking about your earlier question, what you can't find in history books and thought, that not too many people know, that a long time ago, when things were really bad in Europe, about 50000 people from Luxembourg moved away and went to America. Mostly to Iowa and Wisconsin and Illinois. There are still towns, that remember their Luxembourgish origins and the old people still speak kind of Luxembourgish. Edward Steichen, a very famous American photographer, was born here in Luxembourg and moved to America. His exhibition "Family of Man" was brought back to Luxembourg after his passing away, just like he wanted it.
The "Father of Flag Day " Bernard J.Cigrand came up with the idea of having a National Flag Day. He was born in America, but both his parents were from Luxembourg and had moved to America. These are things that you probably don't find easily in a history book.
May 16, 2009 9:20 AM
Andrea said...
Hey Mr. Koczot,
Nice hearing from you. It is a real pleasure for me to give some information about my country.
Like everywhere else, the economy in Luxembourg is down, too. The banking business was our biggest asset the last years, after the steel industry had difficulties some years back. Now with this financial crisis all over the world, also Luxembourg has problems. It is not easy, but maybe, because Luxembourg is so small, we might have less problems in the end, than other countries. It's difficult to say.
Every day about 60 000 people from the countries around us, cross the border to come and work in Luxembourg. With companies closing down, it's getting more difficult to keep a job in Luxembourg. But we are optimistic and our government is doing everything to help the people.
I have been to a lot of countries in Western Europe like France, Germany, Belgium, Ireland, England, Switzerland, Austria,Liechtenstein, Italy, Spain. Since my daughter was studying in England, we have been to Canterbury a lot. I have never visited the Eastern part of Europe, but my husband has.
May 16, 2009 12:43 PM
(jeremy the great)core 4 said...
hi this is jeremy! is luxembourg hot or cold? what does your flag look like? Does your country have good food?
May 17, 2009 8:37 PM
andrea said...
Hi Jeremy. The weather in Luxembourg is a big subject. We used to have 4 seasons with cold winters, hot summers , nice autumns and beautiful springs. The weather has changed over the years, and it's raining more than before, it's not as cold anymore in winter with only once in a while some snow and if we are lucky we have a few weeks of nice summer weather.
Our flag has three stripes, red, white and blue.
Like I said before, we have very good food here. Mostly french cooking, but we also like our traditional luxembourgish dishes, which are more special and not everybody likes it. My husband especially loves deep fried potato pancakes.
May 18, 2009 2:54 PM