Trier, Deutschland

Hello again! How are you all doing? I'm going to be telling you all about Trier this time. It is a very old city, Roman in origin, and even has the oldest intact Roman gate, the Porta Nigra. Here is a photo of it:

It's really big, isn't it. There was even a church in it at one point. Originally there were four gates around the city, one at East, one at West, one at North, and one at South. This is the only one left because the others were dismantled to use the parts for other building purposes.

Our first night in Trier we ate at Walderdorff's near the cathedral. The first course was this lovely tomato soup with roasted potatoes and courgettes on top. It was incredibly thick with nice chunks of tomatoes in it. This was definitely not Campbell's tomato soup out of the can! Delicious!

The main course was a pasta and vegetable dish that these European restaurants seem so fond of. It was alright, but a little olive-ey for my taste. The noodles were also a bit soft, definitely not al dente. The sauce was tomato-based, which considering that we had tomato soup for the first course wasn't exactly ideal.

For dessert I had this fruit bowl. Everyone else had apple crumble, which if it was vegan, I would have obviously preferred. The fruit was alright, but it seemed as though it had been soaking in some sort of acidic solution for a while. Oh well, at least there was some dessert!

The next day for lunch I had a falafel pitta with chips from a kebab house in one of the main squares of Trier near our hostel. It was pretty good, but obviously not the best I've ever had - that would be Maoz falafel!

We had a free day and went walking around some of the Roman ruins, and Heidi was kind enough to take this photo of me on this old Roman ruin. It is just unbelievable how old these ruins are!

We also visited Luxembourg during our time staying in Trier, and for lunch one day Heidi and I went to a pub in Diekirch. Guess what? They had Strongbow!!! It really made me feel like I was back in London...sort of.

We also visited Vianden, Luxembourg to see Vianden Castle. We had quite a bit of free time after we saw the castle, so we sat around, walked a bit, and ate some food. Here's a bar that I bought at a health food store in Trier. It was Banana-Almond flavour, and rather tasty.

As you can tell if you've ever had a Larabar, it looks a lot like it on the inside. It was similar, but with a drier texture and a thinner size. I still prefer Larabars!

In Vianden we also went to a cafe/restaurant for a bit to warm up as the weather was getting a bit cooler. I ordered an Earl Grey tea and it came served in that huge teapot on the background with a Bavarian china cup and saucer. It was extremely tasty and very cute! The cafe also had free WiFi, which was a bonus since our hostel in Trier had none!





Well, that's all for Germany folks - next stop Belgium!