Trier, Germany

So this past weekend (June 19-21) I took a trip first to Trier, Germany, then over the border to Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. I'll start with Trier first.

Trier is a city close to the Luxembourg border on the Mosel River. it claims to be the oldest city in Germany, but apparently so do several others. But either way there is a lot of cool stuff to see there, including six UNESCO World Heritage sites in one city. And I saw them all! In less than 24 hours. It is doable, but my feet were killing me afterward. The hour-long train ride to Luxembourg was a welcome reprieve.

Anyway, I got there around 7 or 8 Friday night. As luck would have it, there was a concert going on at one of the main sights, the Black Gate (the last remnants of the wall around the town when it was a Roman city). So after I checked in to my hotel and put my stuff down, I headed over there to check it out.

I couldn't see very well, but it was nice to have music going on while I walked around the pedestrian area. And it was a sort of ska-reggae-poprock mix. So that was fun. And the pedestrian area was pretty cool. It has a bunch of old buildings and fountains and cobblestone roads, but also a lot of modern stores like H&M and Forever 21 and stuff (except Germany wants to top the US by having Forever 18 instead of Forever 21).

So I saw most of the UNESCO sites that night because most of them are close to each other. Then the next day I walked along the river before seeing more sights. Here are the six UNESCO sites. 

Porta Nigra (the Black Gate) from the other side

Konstantin Basilica - formerly a throne room, now a church I think

Liebfrauenkirche - Church of our Dear Lady or soemthing like that

Dom St. Peter - literally right next to the previously mentioned church

Romerbrucke - I think I read it is the oldest Roman bridge that still has traffic crossing it

Barbara Thermen - one of two Roman baths ruins, currently undergoing restoration it looks like

Kaiser Thermen - the Imperial Roman Baths

Kaiser Thermen -street view

Roman Amphitheater

The view of a gladiator?

And there were other sites to see too, the river for one. The Karl Marx House is there. Plenty of other cool churches and buildings. Here are a few.

not sure what this is, but there were a couple on the river. German lighthouse?

I have a million pictures of churches, how about a picture of a cool-looking synagogue?

the Rathaus

the Karl Marx House

This next picture is actually just the entrance to the Amphitheater, but I like this picture with the ruins and the vines on the hill together. A good way to end this post.