I saw Bigfoot in Trier!
Roman Ruins, Trier, Germany
Trier
Don't know what happened. This was supposed to be posted on Thursday. Mea culpa.
That evening, I walked to the main tourist area about fifteen minutes away and got a donar-kebab meal in the square across from the Ratskeller Café. Trier has changed a lot since I was last there. It’s more touristy and there is more graffiti although the graffiti doesn’t seem to be gang inspired. There was a Turkish kabob place directly across from the train station a couple decades ago that I bought donar kabobs at—they tasted fantastic. I recall the owner and I got along well and he brought his wife in to belly dance for customers. I initially went over to the door of the restaurant right after I got off the train but the place looked too modern i.e. just like all the other kabob places I’d seen in Germany so I didn’t go in. I should go there next time though—perhaps I was too judgmental or simply too tired after my train trip.
Went to the Roman amphitheater complete with underground work area under the open area where the contests, etc. occurred the following day and paid three Euros to get in and take a look around. A bit cool and breezy that day so I had to constantly put on and take off my rain jacket due to the weather around me. Clothing actually does work as a microclimate in terms of physical comfort—a reminder to pack purposefully. There is a Roman thermal bath being excavated within five minutes walk of the hotel. It’s enclosed in a building and you can see the work going on from the outside or pay to go in.
Also not far from the hotel is the Moselle River where you can watch all kinds of watercraft travel there. Some barges are actually the home of the operator and have all the amenities. I saw one with a kid’s playground on it. There is a great bicycle/walking path paralleling the river. The piers part of one of the bridges there were actually built by the Romans and is used as a fundamental part of the bridge to this day. There are buildings such as two old harbor cranes along the path that were used for trade in yesteryear.
I do plan to go back to Trier with my wife and friends sometime in the future. Sure wish I was independently wealthy so I could go whenever I feel like it.
Hotel Kessler
Roman ampitheater
Inside church, no way to get it all in one photo--it's huge!
You have certainly been to some fabulous places. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteHope to go to more fabulous places to include regionally and here in the US. Europe is fun but I need to win the lottery or something to see it like I would prefer. Just imagine, a three month walking tour.......
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