Blogs from Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe
Trier; Ancient Rome in Germany?
Published: December 24th 2011Europe » Germany » Rhineland-Palatinate » Trier
July 31st 2011
Trier, my love... A Guide As you may well know I have been studying this semester in the ancient German town of Trier. I will post a blog sometime in soon about the student life and the university here (in case anyone is interested), but first I want to focus on the town in its historical and cultural aspects. Trier is a beautiful city. There is something so surreal about walking down the high street and catching sight of a magnificent roman gate right in front of you. There is so much to see, from the roman baths and the palace gardens to the imposing roman built gate, the Porta Nigra. I thoroughly enjoyed my 4 months living here and I would love to return someday. I think this is the perfect place to take your ... read more
June 13th 2011
From Berlin we traverse southwest for near on 6 hours and arrive at Trier, in the Moselle Valley and on the Mosel River. The drive is what our expectations of Germany would be. Vineyards and orchards along with dense forests bordered the freeways and motorways. Abandoned castles are being refurbished into expensive hotels. Now, Trier is regarded as the oldest city in Germany and is a major tourist destination for Germans. Occupied and used as a major fortification, by the Romans around 30 BC it was taken by the Franks in the early century AD. Prior to this, it is believed to have been colonised 2000 BC by an Assyrian Prince. The medieval old town is cobbled stoned and has numerous, large, market squares which are favourably supported by bars, restaurants and cafes. We will stay ... read more
So soll der Herbst meines Lebens aussehen ...
Published: October 16th 2010Europe » Germany » Rhineland-Palatinate » Trier
October 16th 2010
Dieser Herbst ist schon ziemlich atemberaubend...sogar in Trier, wo sonst nass kaltes Schmuddelwetter den Goldenen Herbst in einen ekligen Grauen Vorwinter verwandelt. Ganz so ekelerregend ist es diesen Herbst nicht, denn nachdem die Nebelschwaden vom Morgen verzogen sind, zaubert die Sonne dem grimmigen Trierer Urgestein ein Lächeln ins Gesicht. Das hat natürlich angenehme Folgen: Der Busfahrer begrüßt einen mit einem freudigen "Hallo" im Bus und antwortet nicht rotzig auf die Frage, ob der Bus nach Pallien fährt,: "Tja, muss ich jawohl...". Na ja, ich wollte keine Herbstromanze schreiben, also mache ich es kurz: bunte Blätter im Sonnenschein, frischer Humusgeruch in der Luft, genug Wind um Drachen steigen zu lassen, Ugg Boots soweit das Auge reicht, Vögel in V-Formation die in den Süden fliegen und wir können wieder sehen, wie wir atmen, wenn es draußen kalt genug ... read more
August 1st 2010
Dave's Updates : Left Boppard early and drove around for a few hours following the Rhine and Mossel rivers. Had a great lunch in a small tourist town overlooking the Mossel and the vineyards on the other side. My first two hour meal here was annoying, the second charming, and now it's back to annoying and probably going to stay there. The food's a lot better than I thought - it's actually really good and reasonably priced. The Rieslings are really, really good. Took the Autobahn for part of the way to Trier and that was a hoot. Got the tiny little VW up to 205 kph / 127 mph. Still got passed by someone in an Audi that had to be doing at least 160 mph. The VW just didn't have anything left to give. ... read more
June 19th 2010
My friend Marlene I met in Peru in the jungle, I went to stay with her for a while in Trier. I wazs lucky because she met me at Munich station, having been home for the weekend, so I didn't have to take the long rail to Trier by myself! We had a good catch up (and some ice cream) on the train. Marlene is a student at Trier university, she studied biological geography; lots of things about plants, soil and frogs by the sounds of it! She lives in a block of flats near the university, so thats where we headed. She wants to move soon because since she moved in the block is completely covered in scaffolding- she has no windows! She has a flatmate called Andreas who is very friendly! Marlene cooked us ... read more
June 7th 2010
Monday, June 7th: You’ll never believe what we (well actually, it was my aunt) woke up to this morning? The sewer system had backed up and flooded the basement in the main house! When we woke up, we had no idea that it had happened…like I said before, my aunt is an AMAZING hostess…she never said a word and started cleaning up the terrible mess herself! Apparently, a couple of years previously, the city had come out and worked on the system, on the street, and may have caused the flow to drain at a trickle. Little did my aunt and uncle know this, because they lived in the home with just the two of them, they didn’t use the great quantities of toilet paper that us Americans are used to (probably use the bidet quite ... read more
MARS et la première semaine d'AVRIL
Published: April 9th 2010Europe » Germany » Rhineland-Palatinate » Trier
April 15th 2010
In March, school started again, and the next vacation shall be in April. In March we met again as a Rotary district and I did some advertising for being an exchange student. I participated in the INSANE festival of Père cent and was pretty much occupied every weekend, as usual. Père Cent is a "festival" for the terminals (seniors) and it is traditionally 100 days before the BAC. The BAC, as I may have mentioned before, is like the ACT/SAT on steroids. It is everything they have EVER learned, and it is a whole weeks worth of testing. At the end of JUNE of all times. In the states, we finish school the first week of June, everyone, no exceptions, seniors included. Most juniors and seniors here dont get out until the first week in July! ... read more
The End...................
Published: August 14th 2009Europe » Germany » Rhineland-Palatinate » TrierAugust 14th 2009
Hello everybody Sorry but i dont really have time to do any travelblog because as some of you might know there is better things to do then to sit at an internet cafe for 2 hours when i should be going into the sunlight and be doing things that I can tell you all about when I get back anyway. I will wrize one more short blog and then Hopefully see you all in a week. we arranged a plan, with Sebi's host family, for his exchange to Germany, to stay a few nights because they didnt live far away. We left for Berlin on the 24th and had lots of change overs on the train we stayed with some old friends. We went to the sony centre that was really amazing and Modern. But seeing ... read more
August 6th 2009
Tuesday the 14th of July 2009 Distance: 50km hour: 3,50 We biked through a damp forest for a long time and we both thought we were lost but finally we reached a town called Stockstadt. We came to a fork in theroad and i said to go on way and Dad said to go one was and I said to go the other we went dads way and biked 10 more km then we had to. Finally we reached Achaffenburg which was very nice with lots of old buildings. We went to the information center and the liabary for internet. We biked on to Elsenfeld where we sadly found no accomadation so we just took so´me photos and trudged on to Erlenbach. Wednesday the 15th of july Distance: 4.88km hour: 0,35 We arrived at Rlingenerg at ... read more
August 6th 2009
Friday the 17th of July Distance: 72km Hours???? We had a dalicous breakfast with agroup of people at the table one of them was really interested in New Zealand and wanted to now more but he had to go. Got on the road at 9:15 and the people we were staying with happened to be going the same way and we overtook them. We came across a mini soccer game in Marget Hüchhiem where we watched a couple of short games. We came across a soccer ball and a soccer field in the outscirts of wurzburg and we practised and it was really good. We spent alot of time mucking around in Wurzburg trying to fund accomadation and the information and again everything was full and we had to find something out of the city. we ... read more
