A Day Trip to Trier, Germany

As our weekend plans for Switzerland fell through, we decided to do a day trip to Trier, Germany and spend the rest of the weekend hanging out in the apartment. Friday night we hung out in the apartment and made breakfast for dinner! We had a feast of pancakes and home made fried potatoes! Yumm! It was a nice way to hangout with friends and relax after a long day of work!

Trier, Germany

Saturday we left on the 10am train for Trier, which is the oldest city in Germany. When we got there we found the tourist building and made plans to do yet another hop on, hop off tour. These have become our “go to” way of seeing the city as they are usually pretty cheap and provide you with a good view of the city you are visiting.

Before embarking on our tour for the day we stopped at the local Biergarten for lunch. I got a cup of French Onion soup and a beer, which reminded me of a lunch my mom would love! It turns out that ordering a beer at a restaurant is a lot cheaper than ordering a pop or water as another girl got that and mine was cheaper. Another thing that is interesting about German dining is the fact that when you pay, they do your change right in front of you as soon as you hand it to them. It’s actually pretty nice!

Brittany and I at the Biergarten

After fueling our bodies for sightseeing, it was time to hop on the bus! A lot of the city is old Roman ruins like Roman baths and Colosseums where they used to battle each other and animals. The tour said that if you stand in the middle of the collosseum and light a match, the sound can be heard all around the arena! It was cool to see but there wasn’t a lot of time to “hop off” so we just rode around and took pictures. 

Looking like true tourists!

Since Saturday proved to be such beautiful weather we took advantage of it and walked through town. The town square is filled with lots of people, lots of shops, and lots of ice cream! There was seriously an ice cream store every 2 buildings (Leah- you would've been in heaven!). So we decided to do just that: walk around, shop, and eat ice cream! To top off the perfect weekend we grabbed some beer for the train ride home! What a day!

Sunday we hung out on base and my roommate Joan & I went to get coffee. The walk was a good workout, a good time to chat & I even ended up getting a little tan! It was the perfect way to end a great and relaxing weekend!