A small village situated on the Luxembourg side of the Moselle River, separating it from Germany, AHN has has a population of less than 300. (there's a nice wikipedia page on the village's history). My nephew and I took a special trip out to it on a December Saturday, and enjoyed the time together and the gorgeous scenery of the surrounding hills. We started our journey from Paris on that Saturday morning. The small village has two stops on the 421 bus, which comes directly from the Luxembourg City train station (about a 90 minute ride). All public (non-first class) public transportation is free for all in Luxembourg, and the 421 was an all electric articulated bus. There were plenty of seats, and the bus was modern and clean inside. We ended up getting to Ahn by early afternoon (around 13:00). It was a cold and rainy day, but were OK as long as we kept on walking/moving. Ahn is known for growing Riesling grapes and producing well respected Luxembourg white wines. There are at least 3 wineries located in the village, and I wanted to focus our trip around that. But we had come during the winter, and all the wineries were deserted. I had tried to make an appointment with one of the wineries for a tour, and got a response that they were open on Saturday but the tour were sold out. So I figured we could stop into their shop, hopefully buy some bottles of wine that were made in AHN, and make a day of it until dinner time. Alas, EVERYTHING was closed, and it really didn't seem like there was infrastructure for tours and the like: the winery is the area around the town, the grape producing region. As we walked up and down the public streets, there wasn't a single living soul that we could see (or imagine). Everything was well maintained and well lighted, so didn't feel particularly unsafe, but it was a little unsettling. We did end up walking the paved trails around the valley, getting some beautiful views. Even though it was raining, the paved trails did not get muddy....you just had to be a bit careful not to slip. After hiking the hills, we decided to take the 2 km walk via the main road to the nearest town south of us, which seemed to have one restaurant open. But alas, it was lit up but nobody was home. I could imagine that they would close up in cases where there was no businesses. We then hiked in the hills around that area, ending up in a small chapel built to provide blessings to the surrounding grape producing valley. We ended up hiking close to 10 miles that afternoon, and it was a lot of fun. It didn't require a walking stick or use of hands to move forward: just a good pair of waterproof hiking boots. But we were getting tired. I had made reservations for 19:00 at the fine dining establishment in town, but couldn't make it that far being outside with nothing to do, so ended up canceling the reservation. We walked back to the restaurant that had the same name as my nephew, taking the more hilly, scenic route. We took some pictures of the menu and parking, and took the 17:00 bus back to Luxembourg (it was right on time). What I later realized was that we had only seen one other person outside of a car during our entire time walking, and that was an older man fishing on the Moselle River. If we are ever back, I would love to cross into Germany to visit that area as well...but would do it during a nicer time of the year. read more

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