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One May Day: Luxembourg Janet Kuypers 1/17/24 In a country with too many letters in it’s name to fit on most maps, this tiny little place tried to make up for it with culture and history, which was a relief when the weather became warmer and for the first time on my trip I was able to wear shorts. ...And for all of the studying I had done about different cultures, the one thing I didn’t learn was that women in European countries like Luxembourg never — and I mean never — wear shorts. So here I was walking down the street and the women looked at me like I was a whore and business men all gave me a perverted grin. Mortified and unable to change, we stopped at a bar for lunch, I tried to hide my legs, and then a huge flux of male workers came in for lunch. I mean, I liked Luxembourg, but that last day all I could do was anything in my power to hide my legs from the rest of the world.

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