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Trier, Germany
So sorry for taking so long to check back in but we have been BUSY! My son is on vacation for the month, my daughter in law is just amazing at taking
us on villages close by and my grand daughter is the cutest little princess EVER!
So, yesterday we went to Trier and since we are on a mission to see a lot of places, I will start with the enchanting city of Trier, one of the OLDEST
IN GERMANY!!!!
and the best part, amigos, is that I can finally post photos!
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The last photo is PORTA NIGRA or the black door. This is what traveladvisor has on the internet:
Porta Nigra
City Gate
Tripadvisor (2.6k)
The Porta Nigra is a large Roman city gate in Trier, Germany. It is today the largest Roman city gate north of the Alps. It is designated as part of
the Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Here is some wiki information on Trier
Trier, formerly known in English as Treves and Triers, is a city on the banks of the Moselle in Germany. It lies in a valley between low vine-covered
hills of red sandstone in the west of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, near the border with Luxembourg and within the important Moselle wine region.
Wikipedia
Here are some more photos of this beautiful town:
Bronze replica
A map of Berlin for David Kier! I guess I will never look at a map again without thinking of the map expert! Thanks again for posting the Turkey
photos...I will add more one day.
I am not sure why this photo came out so bizarre? I must have presserd some button on my phone camera. There are 2 churches right next to each
other. One is a basilica and i was able to enter, The other is called THE DOM and it was closed for a special event but I could hear the choir
singing! Major goose bumps!!
Here is a pic of us in the square!!! Just to prove we are really here. I still ask my granddaughter to pinch me every once in a while. You can see
the basilica in between the buildings.
We had vietnamese food for lunch since my granddaughter was craving Pho. The bowl is almost bigger than she is LOL
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statues at the Basilica
Other gorgeous buildings. I am intrigued by the facades.
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Amazing to see such history still integrated into society. I wonder if the units built above the Porta Nigra were for soldiers, or built later on, as
housing for citizens? It looks like it originally was just a wall, then built above at a later period.
John
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David K
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Great that you can access Postimages.org in Germany!
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Ah yes, the stuff [Grandma and Grandpa] dreams are made of.
And Germany too, is awesome on its own.
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Quote: Originally posted by BajaBlanca  |
There are 2 churches right next to each other. One is a basilica and i was able to enter, The other is called THE DOM and it was closed for a
special event but I could hear the choir singing! Major goose bumps!!
We had vietnamese food for lunch since my granddaughter was craving Pho. The bowl is almost bigger than she is LOL
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Why don`t you tell all BajanNomads, why the `Porta Nigra`is a Roman gate in Germany? Don`t you know the history? That the Roman Empire once streched
into Germany. AND, amazing, even into England.
And YES, learning about German culture it is defenately a wise decission to eat Vietnamese food. German food has more to offer!!! The German cuisine
is next to the French the one w/ the greatest variety in the world.
If i.e. it comes to sausage, there is no other country in the world with a greater variety. Same with bread! You should have entered a butcher shop to
see that in person and being convinced. You will never see that again in another contry. Maybe you have a day or tow left???
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David....that new-fangled internet thing is amazing, eh .... 
Don't believe everything you think....
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I can't seem to be able to post images with the VLN (virtual luddite network) connection that I use!
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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Use Kaspersky! The Russians are the best!
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Maybe you missed Blanca's posting from Turkey? She could not show photos or even see them, there. She was able to access Facebook and email photos to
me, however.
So, there was Internet but no Postimages.org there.
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Like I said......
Don't believe everything you think....
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| Quote: Originally posted by BajaBlanca |
There are 2 churches right next to each other. One is a basilica and i was able to enter, The other is called THE DOM
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Blanca, neither a Basilica nor a Dom is an ordinary church.
If your daughter-in-Law is a German, she might know.
If she is a U.S. citizen, well, the meaning of a Basilika or a Cathedral in the U.S. is very different from the original meaning. So she can`t know.
A Dom in its original meaning does not exist inside the U.S. All this is based on history, which reaches back more than 2000 years in Germany or
other countries of Europe. About 2000 years ago the Romans occupied parts of Europe. And those names like Basilica or Dom etc. are coming from that
age. Nevertheless ------- have fun in Germany and try some German sausage you never have seen before with a bread you never will see again in the
wolrd!
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I had German sausage yesterday at my son's soccer game. OH SOOOO GOOD! I added spicey mustard to it and I am sure I committed a big mistake when I
put some ketchup on it too but I love ketchup!
Basilica's I know well since we went to the big one in Mexico City as well as many in Poland....Dom, I had never heard of.
No one is German but my grandmother was born in Kiel and grew up in Hamburg, my grandfather's parents were both German! (He was born in Brazil but
went to school here). I am very much enjoying exploring her country!!
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| Quote: Originally posted by JC43 |
Blanca, neither a Basilica nor a Dom is an ordinary church.
If your daughter-in-Law is a German, she might know.
If she is a U.S. citizen, well, the meaning of a Basilika or a Cathedral in the U.S. is very different from the original meaning. So she can`t know.
A Dom in its original meaning does not exist inside the U.S. All this is based on history, which reaches back more than 2000 years in Germany or
other countries of Europe. About 2000 years ago the Romans occupied parts of Europe. And those names like Basilica or Dom etc. are coming from that
age. Nevertheless ------- have fun in Germany and try some German sausage you never have seen before with a bread you never will see again in the
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Cathedral and dome are the same. One word comes from Latin, the other from French. Both terms denote an episcopal church. The official church of a
bishop or archbishop is called a cathedral.
Basilica describes the shape of a church. A Basilica has an architectual style that comes from the Roman and has at least three naves. The middle ship
is higher than the two side ships and has its own light.
There are also the honorary titles "Basilica maior" and "Basilica minor". This is how the Vatican distinguishes certain churches.
But we have one more in Germany, namely the Münster:
A minster church is actually a monastery church. Usually it is used to describe a parish church. The famous Ulm Minster, which is as big as many
cathedrals, was never a bishopric and is therefore a cathedral church. The Ulm Münster is the church with the highest steeple in the world and the
largest Protestant church in Germany.
The term "Münster" comes from the Latin monasterium for monastery or monastery church.
Saludos
Elona
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Thank you, Elona... You saved me from explaining 'cathedral' and you did it much better!
Years ago, I had to correct first myself, than others, when I thought a cathedral was just a large, ornate church (such as San Ignacio and San Javier,
in Baja California).
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You are welcome, David. I thank you!
| Quote: Originally posted by BajaBlanca | | I had German sausage yesterday at my son's soccer game. OH SOOOO GOOD! I added spicey mustard to it and I am sure I committed a big mistake when I
put some ketchup on it too but I love ketchup! |
No, that is no mistake. Some like mustard and some like ketchup, but even better is a Currywurst. So don't leave Germany without trying the famous German Currywurst. The grilled sausage is cut into pieces and covered with a spicy sauce.
Saludos
Elona
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| Quote: Originally posted by BajaBlanca | I had German sausage yesterday at my son's soccer game. OH SOOOO GOOD! I added spicey mustard to it and I am sure I committed a big mistake when I
put some ketchup on it too but I love ketchup!
Basilica's I know well since we went to the big one in Mexico City as well as many in Poland....Dom, I had never heard of.
No one is German but my grandmother was born in Kiel and grew up in Hamburg, my grandfather's parents were both German! (He was born in Brazil but
went to school here). I am very much enjoying exploring her country!! |
On a soccer game you won`t get sausage. Other than you are talking about brats. Sausage and brats are something differnt like apples and pears. Brats
are grilled. Sausage, you want to eat on bread. Well, maybe you should stay some more days?
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