Advertisement
Published: September 22nd 2011
Edit Blog Post
Our morning began with breakfast in the dining area right off the check-In area. Georgie went right for the muesli cereal with yogurt and OJ while I went German right away with a hearty bread and cheese and meat and OJ. We each had another small helping of something different and left full but not stuffed. After a morning fresh up, we got directions to walk along the Mosel River; what a great choice, relaxing, taking pictures of the village across the river, a couple of barges and excursion boats, a few bikers and walkers with their dogs. We felt a little thirsty and the only place open was Burger King – very modern. Our walk ended with a wonderful surprise- a large map showing (with Georgie shouting with excitement), the river Sauer flows into the Mosel right out of Trier—WHOOPEE!!
As we walked back to the hotel with regrets for not bringing the Genealogy material—although the information about Trier was a line of Sauer woman marrying a Tamble man, we decided to go straight back to the Market Square and to the Trier Information Center to purchase tickets for a one hour bus tour of the city of Trier.
We had a guide who spoke both German and English – very fast, was older (and wiser, no doubt) and was very enjoyable. One difficulty, though, was she spoke in Deutsch first and then English—most of the time we passed by the parts by the time English was spoken. One time she caught herself starting in English first and burst out laughing and we all enjoyed that moment together. The places we learned about: The city of Trier being the oldest city in Germany and the site of the Roman Empire for Western Europe for many years: Porta Nigra-found out why it has been black since the 2nd century AD—algae plus pollution + weather and it did not wear down sandstone blocks (as it does for other types of stone). The Imperial Baths of the Roman emperors, the Roman Amphitheater ruins (seating 16,000 people), Roman bridge (with piers from the 2nd century), St. Mathias Church ( A Romanesque architecture church from the 10th – 12th century, St. Paulin Church, (designed by famous builder Bathasar Neumann—you learn something new every day), the home of Karl Marx and ending the tour in front of the Euro Shop (where, according to our guide,
Karl Marx lived when he was 1 yr old—“I wonder what Karl would say if he saw the Euro Shop now”.
After our tour, our hungry bodies wanted to catch up with our hungry minds, so we looked around for Rick Steve’s #1choice for good German food in Trier, DOM Zumstein Restaurant; We studied the R S map diligently and looked around for a long time before finally asking someone in Plant Kiosk and a woman couldn’t figure it out either, so she asked her man friend and he turned us around and said there it is. It had a large patio tent right in front of the Restaurant. The moral is: ask someone sooner, shed your Minnesota manliness. Ah well, the food was swell, John had an entrée of ground sausage, bacon, and ham on top of yummy Sauerkraut and spaetzle (instead of fried potatoes. Georgie had an entree of potato cake with tomatoes and mozzarella and a salad. Behind us I noticed a group of people who were having a fun time talking and laughing and drinking some beer. I surmised that about four of the persons had Down syndrome. I got up and went to talk
to one of the leaders (an older-wiser male volunteer I found out) and the other a fortyish female paid staff person. After a brief introduction, I told them about the College of Direct Support online training program from the University of MN and Institute on Community Integration and how they might be interested in checking it out. At one point I added that the training, of course, would have to be translated into German. Oh, the man said “We are from Belgium traveling as a group and so it would be Dutch, and with Google, we could translate it.” So, I left my contact information and CDS website for their further inspection.
After our delicious meal, we went to the Dom Cathedral and Basilica of Our Lady taking pictures and gathering info to share with you all in the future. At this point we were very tired and went back to our room and had a nice siesta. We ended the evening by returning to the Krim restaurant for a schnitzel meal with French Fries (they must have got them from the nearby MacDonalds they were so gut) and a salad (John) and Scalllops and Fettucine for Georgie. Gut
Nacht.
Advertisement
Tot: 0.304s; Tpl: 0.011s; cc: 5; qc: 42; dbt: 0.0606s; 1; m:domysql w:travelblog (10.17.0.13); sld: 1;
; mem: 1.2mb
peter sauer
non-member comment
ja!
Trier ist sehr gut, ja? Acht du lieber!!! That translates to: I hope you are having a wonderful time. I wish I was there with you enjoying a big stein of beer next to the river Sauer. Cheers!