May 30 – Trier
Hooray! My bag arrived overnight and Baz and Bev were here this morning. They arrived about 9 pm last night, right after we returned from our junket. All is right with the world. We all had an excellent continental breakfast and headed down to meet our bus at 8 am.
We met our driver, Helmut Trierweiler, and drove to Mainz where we took a driving and walking tour of part of the city and some ruins of city walls from Roman times. Dr. Susanne Altmayer was our guide.
From Mainz, we drove a little over two hours to Trier through picturesque, green rolling land and hills for another tour, this time by Heidi. We saw numerous wind turbines along the way. This tour was a little more extensive, but again targeted Roman ruins. Except that some of them weren’t ruined. The piers for a major vehicle bridge are still in use, although other parts of the bridge are newer. We hit 5 churches. One was built by the Romans as a throne room beginning in 306 ( Yes, 
that’s 306 AD), but converted to other uses, becoming a Lutheran church in 1856. Another was the Roman Catholic Cathedral, begun in about 980 and modified and added to many times over the years. Right next door and attached to it is the Roman Catholic parish church. Why you need 2 churches of the same religion side by side escapes me, but they were both pretty impressive in their own ways. The church shown here is St. Paulinus, with its ornately painted ceiling.
One of the main attractions to this world heritage listed town is the Porta Nigra, or Balck Gate.
We checked into our nearby hotel about 6 pm and then drove to a nearby restaurant where we spent the rest of the evening.
Weather was much like yesterday, but we had pretty steady light rain between Mainz and Trier. Fortunately, there were only a few drops while we were touring.
We met our driver, Helmut Trierweiler, and drove to Mainz where we took a driving and walking tour of part of the city and some ruins of city walls from Roman times. Dr. Susanne Altmayer was our guide.
From Mainz, we drove a little over two hours to Trier through picturesque, green rolling land and hills for another tour, this time by Heidi. We saw numerous wind turbines along the way. This tour was a little more extensive, but again targeted Roman ruins. Except that some of them weren’t ruined. The piers for a major vehicle bridge are still in use, although other parts of the bridge are newer. We hit 5 churches. One was built by the Romans as a throne room beginning in 306 ( Yes, 
that’s 306 AD), but converted to other uses, becoming a Lutheran church in 1856. Another was the Roman Catholic Cathedral, begun in about 980 and modified and added to many times over the years. Right next door and attached to it is the Roman Catholic parish church. Why you need 2 churches of the same religion side by side escapes me, but they were both pretty impressive in their own ways. The church shown here is St. Paulinus, with its ornately painted ceiling.
One of the main attractions to this world heritage listed town is the Porta Nigra, or Balck Gate.
We checked into our nearby hotel about 6 pm and then drove to a nearby restaurant where we spent the rest of the evening.
Weather was much like yesterday, but we had pretty steady light rain between Mainz and Trier. Fortunately, there were only a few drops while we were touring.
posted by Celeste | 10:50 PM
4 Comments:
Say hello to Baz and Bev for me....and keep me abreast of all of Bazil's shenanigans!!!
Hi Glenn, thanks for making the effort to record this diary. I intend to monitor your blog regularly and enjoy the trip vicariously. I hope every day is wonderful.
Jeannette M.
The Griffin family is enjoying following your journey!
Lynn Griffin :)
Daughter of Jim
The Griffin family is enjoying following your journey.
Lynn Griffin
Daughter of Jim
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