Trier

     Trier was pretty amazing. From the Porta Nigra I walked back along the path I had just taken. About this time everything was waking up. I grabbed some cherries at the Hauptmarkt and moved on as I ate them. I went over to the cathedral where I viewed the stonework on the outside and approached the door to read the sign, but as I don’t read/understand German it didn’t do me any good.

     I returned to the main street and the market where I finished off the cherries and went in search of St. Gangolf’s Church. I must have walked up and down the first twenty feet or so of the two streets that the main street turns into a half a dozen times each, if not more, until I found the entrance between the two streets. It blended in with the rest of the market really well.

     I walked through the opening into the courtyard of the church, hidden behind the growing city. Cautiously I reached to open the door some woman had just exited through and walked into the church. I tried to silently shut the door behind me as I noticed an old woman in the room. Her back was too me at the time, but as the door creaked and moaned as it closed the last little bit she turned towards me. From across the small area she started speaking to me in German. I indicated that I didn’t understand. She looked at me questioningly and asked “English?”. I nodded and she started speaking again, saying a few words in English before switching back to German, and I believed there were even a few French words in there because she asked “French?” next and started speaking again. I indicated that I didn’t understand again and she turned away. I glanced around for a few more moments before making my escape, wincing as the door creaked shut behind me again.

     After leaving and going in search of other land-marks, mainly the Imperial Throne Room, it started to rain. It felt odd to be walking calmly through the rain while everyone else was searching for umbrellas, hiding under ledges, and quickly scuttling from one shelter to another.

     After failing to find the landmark, but finding another broken fountain I wandered off again. Somehow I ended up where I had been earlier, way on the other side of the main street that led to the Porta Nigra, the black gate.

     So I headed back towards the marketplace, passing what I later learned to be a statue of St. George slaying the Dragon. I did a lot of walking around the market just watching things change as the day grew.

     A little later I decided to go find the Karl-Marx-Haus, which after a grea deal of time I found it after walking past it six or seven  times.

     After that I kinda sat and rested my ankle for a bit as I know I would be doing some more walking later when I met up with my host, Malvine. About an hour later, wit the help of the wind that picked up, I decided to go to the Stadtmusem which was actually rather interesting, if you exclude the Barbie/Fashion room … My favourite part was the actual model of Trier back in time a bit.

     When the museum closed I waited around by the gate for Malvine, who was to meet me in thirty minutes. Wind with the addition of rain drove me under some umbrellas that were covering the outdoor tables of a restaurant.

     It wasn’t too long until Malvine met me and we walked up a massive hill to a column/monument that the map calls “Mariensaule”. On the map it was just a flat image, but seeing the column atop the massive hill was another thing. No joke, this hill dwarfed the one the hotel was on many times and I griped and complained about that one.

     I seriously thought my knees and ankles were going to leave me halfway up and knew my ankle was going to be killing me after that, but I went up there anyways. The view from that point was amazing. I’m pretty glad I decided to go up there.

     Right now I’m enjoying the countryside/scenery as I travel from Trier to Koblenz, to Stuttgart, to Munich. From there I go to Landshut and another small town/village that I don’t know the name of.

Trier Photobucket Album: http://s645.photobucket.com/albums/uu173/jordanftravels/Trier%20Germany%20-%20June%2019%202009/ (Same as the one from the previous entry. Yes, I know, gotta get this things in order so the day of events corresponds with the place. I know, I know.)