Grand Duchy

I listen to classical music. (Yeah, I know, in today's political climate that alone makes me an effete, elitist, Times-reading, East Coast liberal snob. So sue me.)

This morning on my classical music radio station, they played something performed by the Luxembourg Radio Symphony.

Wow... Luxembourg. I haven't thought about Luxembourg in years.

When I was a kid, my father worked for a company that manufactured steel wire manufacturing equipment. (Someone's got to do that.) In 1968, he spent nearly a year living in Luxembourg as he supervised the construction of a wire manufacturing plant.

As a child I remember thinking "Who's ever heard of Luxembourg?" It's a really small country. Smaller even than Rhode Island. (I had to look that up.) And now as an adult I think "Who's ever heard of Luxembourg?" Have you ever met someone from Luxembourg or know anyone of Luxembourgian heritage?

It must be awfully dull there. Or maybe it just seems that way being neighbor to wild and crazy Belgium.

I'll bet you that fewer than 1 in 100 Americans could tell you anything at all about Luxembourg. Its capital, location, anything. This morning I was surprised to learn its radio station had a symphony. I wouldn't have thought Luxembourg even had a radio station.

I dare anyone to tell me one fun fact about Luxembourg off the top of their head.
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