{"id":30124,"date":"2022-09-14T03:34:35","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T17:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=30124"},"modified":"2023-01-22T09:56:47","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T22:56:47","slug":"trier-germany-%f0%9f%87%a9%f0%9f%87%aa-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=30124","title":{"rendered":"Trier, Germany \ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date: 12th September 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelled: 70 kms from Wehlen to Trier   <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited:  Trier   <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stayed: Stellplatz Trier, \u20ac13, N49.74050, E06.62510\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Budget: 110 days @ \u20ac103 per day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After a coffee and some fruit we ready the Hymer for the road once again. We sadly say goodbye to our glorious view of the Moselle and make our way up the steep driveway and turn for Trier. We do a quick stop at the Lidl as we pass by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The GPS indicates the freeway is the quickest route, but we plan on driving the B53 which follows the Moselle to Trier. Although a 20 kms longer route we hope it\u2019s more scenic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kilometres of vineyards<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lots of little villages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We roll into Trier and go straight to the stellplatz and find ourselves a shady spot. It\u2019s a few kilometres from the city centre, so we unload the scooter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why are we visiting Trier ? Well apart from being on the way and our final stop in Germany, Trier<\/a> was established more than 2,000 years ago and our guide book tells us it has the best roman ruins in Germany. But we\u2019ll see for ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The front<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The rear<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We ride the scooter around the old city to Porta Nigra<\/a>, the Black Gate, pictured above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Porta has a fabulous history, it was built by the Romans in 170AD and remained Trier\u2019s main entry gate through Roman times. By the early middle ages it had been abandoned. As the story goes a Greek monk named Simeon lived there as a hermit around 1025. When he died he was canonised and the ruined gate was rebuilt as two churches. Napoleon Bonaparte takes a dislike to the church and adjoining monastery and forces its closure and it once again falls into ruin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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