Vianden, in Luxembourg

A short journey by train then bus from Luxembourg

is the town of Vianden. On the River Our, in the Ardennes region of northeastern Luxembourg.

Upon Roman and then Carolingian foundations,

Vianden Castle grew and grew between the eleventh and fifteenth centuries.

Aldous and I took the télésiège up the mountain, hiked around, poked about, dined on schnitzel and beer.

Dozing after a nap on the bus, I left behind my day pack, and a watercolour set. It took a minute, but I now like thinking of those colours, in someone else's hands, still in the Our Valley.

*watercolour and photographs by Kenneth Mills