We feel now that we are right in the centre of Europe, having just arrived and moored up in Schengen in Luxembourg. It's a very small modest town but was made famous by the Schengen Agreement on 14 June 1985. The Agreement was signed here because it is on the border of the Benelux countries (Belgium,The Netherlands and Luxembourg), France and Germany.
The signing took place exactly where we are moored, on a boat!
The Agreement being signed
The boat was a cruise ship 'MS Ptincesse Marie-Astrid' which still cruises on the river and moors here where we are.
The Princesse Marie-Astrid
In Schengen there was the Museé Europeén which was fascinating. It had a history of the coming together of Europe from the late 1940's when some of the leaders in Europe called for a union like a United States of Europe to ensure there were no more wars and bring us all together. One of those founder members was Winston Churchill representing the UK. How times have changed!
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