Day trip to the oldest city in Germany - Trier
The only thing my husband told me on the day he brought us all to Trier was that it was the oldest city in Germany. That itself was enough to pique my interest in visiting yet another new place. This was the only new place I visited during my second Europe trip so all in all my excitement was way too high. En route from the train station to Porta Nigra Trier is not only the oldest city in Germany, it is also home to, not one, not two, but nine UNESCO world heritage sites; not one of which I knew prior to reaching there. I did not plan the trip so I guess I can be excused. Having been blindsided by my own husband, I regret missing the cultural drop-ins on the monuments. I did not realize the scale of it all until much later, after reaching my home country but it is too late now. In retrospect, I did see a couple of these sites and admired them and remember wanting to go in some other day, leaving it for another day. The Constantin Throne from outside building; at the time we though...