Auf Wiedersehen Germany - last stop Trier

Our final destination in Germany was Trier, supposedly the oldest town in Germany. We were intending on going to Strasbourg after leaving Freiburg, but the weather was so awful as we entered France, that we drove straight on, back into Germany and onwards to Trier, a day earlier than planned.

My Mum and Dad were spending a week on holiday in the Rhineland area, so they came down to meet us in Trier for two nights, and it was good to have some company again. Back in the days when Laura could hold down a job(!), she worked for a week in the Trier tourist office, whilst learning German, so we all had a knowledgeable guide to take us round the city's extensive Roman ruins - the best preserved North of the Alps apparently.


Trier itself was quite different from most other places in Germany, with much more of a French type influence. No more beer halls - it was back to cafe culture. It is in the major German wine producing area though, so wine stubes tended to dominate - although much to our suprise the Mosel Valley white wines were lovely.