Juliano and I awoke today to total darkness. Barely able to see his hand in front of his face, Jules grabbed his cell phone and discovered it was 10:00 a.m.!!! We had slept for nearly 10 hours. Oma's shutter blocked out every speck of sunlight. We jumped out of bed and ran down to breakfast, ashamed at how late we slept! Oma walked into the bathroom while Jules was washing up to yell at him for getting up so late (or at least we think that's what she said :-) After grabbing some breakfast, we hopped in the car and headed to Trier. Thanks Oma for teaching us proper German pronunciation and for opening up your wine cellar and liquor cabinet to us! It was a fun, relaxing evening.
Trier is the oldest city in Germany, founded around 16 B.C. It is known for its well-preserved Roman and medieval buildings, including the Porta Nigra, Roman baths, Kurfürstliches Palais, a Roman amphitheatre, the huge Constantine Basilica-which Napoleon used to house his horses, and the glorious Trier Cathedral-which houses the holy tunic of Jesus. The tunic is not always on display. It is shown to the public at irregular intervals. I believe the next time it can be seen is 2010.
We raced around Trier and got to see most of its best sites. Unfortunately, it poured down rain and made for some soggy feet, but we stayed until dark with the $2 euro umbrellas Brian bought! Thanks Bri.
Porta Nigra
Trier Cathedral
Kurfürstliches Palais
Roman bath
Roman amphitheatre
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