Trier

Yesterday after we left the movie, Matt and I went to a local bar to discuss our thoughts on Inglorious Bastard. At the end of the conversation we talked about our plans for Sunday. We had been wanting to visit Trier, one of Germany's oldest cities that has many Roman remains in good condition. Not to mention this is the town my Oma (Grandma) lived before she moved to the US.

The city is perfect to visit in 1 day. We picked up a free map at the city information center that had a walking trail. It is a small city, so if you walk around the trail, you hit all the sights the city has to offer. We walked around had many awesome experiences. Check out the pics here!

It is about a 2 hour drive, so we left early in the morning to make it to 10:00 mass at the Trier Dom. It is a beautiful building and the choir blew me away. I literally thought angels were singing throughout the mass. The church building is so beautiful, we walked down into the crypt where there is a small chapel and the burial ground of the bishops of Trier. In the main body of the building there are tons of small chapels, one that stood out form the rest was a chapel to the Blessed Virgin. I said 1 Hail Mary, but I think I could have stayed there for days and just hung out with our Mother. The link to Trier Dom above gives a great description of it's significance and beauty (Built at the same time as St. Peters to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Constantine's reign.) Outside the Church is a huge marble stone which I sat on when I visited Germany some years ago. It is funny because the family has a picture with all of us sitting on it, so it was fun to visit that sight again.

Trier is in the wine growing region of the country, in the Mosel Valley. There was a wine tasting stand set up in the middle of the town square where Matt and I stopped to test the regions fineries. Ended up buying 2 bottles which was great for two reasons, 1: we got two bottles of wine 2: we walked back to the car to put them away and got our jackets. The day started out chilly but looked promising to warm up. Never did, but with the jackets, it was real comfortable.

After we walked around and saw the sights (pictures attached are worth 1.000 words), we were starving! We had only eaten Ego like waffles on the drive there so when we saw a restaurant that served food to compliment your wine, we went for it. Got potato soup, and cheese and bread with white wine. Pretty basic, but at this point as far as I was concerned, I had never eaten anything better.

Trier was the perfect day trip. Throughout the day, I was imagining Oma as a girl walking around the same streets I was on. Pretty surreal. Of course the Lord blessed the day. A little cold, but beautiful weather and the readings at mass were great to reflect on throughout the day. Jesus rebukes Peter, one of his best buddies. Mostly I lay by the wayside or join in when things are going down that I know is wrong. Jesus called me out today, he said "Andy, I stood up for the Truth, what about you?"

Peace-
Andy