This city is supposedly Germany’s oldest, ringing in at over 2000 years. It was once occupied by the Romans, so many of their buildings reflect this. They even have a amphitheatre, roman baths and this huge gate that is called Porta Nigra. We saw most things from the outside, as we had no desire in spending money on something probably more worthwhile visiting in Italy. The tourist office is in the city square, and right next to Porta Nigra. 
After some very stressful driving and navigating we managed to find free parking about 2 km from the square. It was late, but we decided to head out see the square anyway. It was quiet all except the ADAC going over the plans for the upcoming rally. I was so excited to see the rally I was hopping we could make it. But as it turned out, the main event was on Sunday, and it was Wednesday. We had already seen most of what we came to see, so it was hard to make it justifiable. We had also made list of places to visit in Germany, and we plan on being in Munich for Oktoberfest so we sort of have a schedule to follow now. The schedule is just a vague route with cities as the destinations, so it’s not like a real schedule. When we got back to our camper van, I noticed the people next to us were from Canada, as they were sporting the Canadian flag on their backpacks. Frank and Diane are from a city near Montreal, they told us they stayed the night before and had no problems and planned on staying that night too. It was settled, we were staying there too, for two nights actually. We ended up joining them in the morning, they wanted to know about what we had seen and tell us they had enough of Germany because they were tired of not being understood and were off to France. They gave us an extra French copy of listed rest spots for campervans. It’s funny, because we just purchased a German one the night before, as it was recommended in our camping guide. The German one is much more detailed, but in German whereas the French Julie can read, but it doesn’t have as many listed or any detail on them whatsoever. It turns out the one we stayed at in Hans-Sur-Lesse was a Stellplatz listed in the French book. Oh, and we drove back to Eschterach (10 mins) on the day we left Trier to get gas and food. Gas in Luxembourg is €0.92/L whereas Germany is €1.17/L. Also the alcohol is cheaper and we finished the last of our beer. Groceries are in French, so we know what we are buying and how to cook it. This didn’t deter us from buying pate and salami from a grocery store in Germany though. On our last day in Trier we went back into the city centre to go explore. Compared to the first night, it was absolutley crazy. Tourists were eveywhere, I felt like I was walking out of a concert that just finished. The city was nice, but it's not one of our favourites so far. The Porta Nigra is worth a visit though.
After some very stressful driving and navigating we managed to find free parking about 2 km from the square. It was late, but we decided to head out see the square anyway. It was quiet all except the ADAC going over the plans for the upcoming rally. I was so excited to see the rally I was hopping we could make it. But as it turned out, the main event was on Sunday, and it was Wednesday. We had already seen most of what we came to see, so it was hard to make it justifiable. We had also made list of places to visit in Germany, and we plan on being in Munich for Oktoberfest so we sort of have a schedule to follow now. The schedule is just a vague route with cities as the destinations, so it’s not like a real schedule. When we got back to our camper van, I noticed the people next to us were from Canada, as they were sporting the Canadian flag on their backpacks. Frank and Diane are from a city near Montreal, they told us they stayed the night before and had no problems and planned on staying that night too. It was settled, we were staying there too, for two nights actually. We ended up joining them in the morning, they wanted to know about what we had seen and tell us they had enough of Germany because they were tired of not being understood and were off to France. They gave us an extra French copy of listed rest spots for campervans. It’s funny, because we just purchased a German one the night before, as it was recommended in our camping guide. The German one is much more detailed, but in German whereas the French Julie can read, but it doesn’t have as many listed or any detail on them whatsoever. It turns out the one we stayed at in Hans-Sur-Lesse was a Stellplatz listed in the French book. Oh, and we drove back to Eschterach (10 mins) on the day we left Trier to get gas and food. Gas in Luxembourg is €0.92/L whereas Germany is €1.17/L. Also the alcohol is cheaper and we finished the last of our beer. Groceries are in French, so we know what we are buying and how to cook it. This didn’t deter us from buying pate and salami from a grocery store in Germany though. On our last day in Trier we went back into the city centre to go explore. Compared to the first night, it was absolutley crazy. Tourists were eveywhere, I felt like I was walking out of a concert that just finished. The city was nice, but it's not one of our favourites so far. The Porta Nigra is worth a visit though.
2 comments:
Brave... at no point would I think getting a German map would be a good idea, unless you both have hidden talents I don't know about! Catch 22 I supposed, I personally suggest you just go in the direction of the wind mates! just do it, bag out!
I like the idea of just having cities to go to but no real time limit. Same way I did most of my trip. Just relax and enjoy the whole experience. Driving it though can be stressful at time but nothing beats the freedom you have though. Trains and planes just are a bit too restricting. Looking forward to next set of posts...
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