A quick stop in Trier

We went to Trier, Germany's oldest city, on Saturday morning. I must say that we have become highly efficient tourists. We spent a total of 1 hour and 16 minutes wandering around the town according to our parking ticket. We saw the Roman city gate dating to 180AD, checked out the cool double church (yes, for some reason they built 2 massive churches next to each other and connected them with courtyards), ate bretzels (like a pretzel, only soft and yummy) and bought 20 euros worth of licorice and gummies (check out the shop's site if you want to drool and read some German http://www.baeren-treff.de).

The double church was the coolest part of our tour for me. There were no stain glass windows in the 1/2 we saw (kids got cranky, so we went on our way), but it housed some amazing statues. Anna wanted to know what they were, so I talked with her about men taking sharp sticks and slowing breaking the rocks until they had their statue how they wanted it. I tried to relate it to her drawing with her crayons, but I think the concept still is a bit above her thinking. Someone was playing the organ as we walked in... and really that's the best way to see a church... filled with beautiful sounds praising God... it takes away the cold empty feeling you can sometimes have in these massive cathedrals.

So, 1 1/2 hours after we began we were back in our car for the long 40 minute drive back to our house (& Sammy's bottle). It's great to live in such a tiny country; you are close to so many cool things.