I first have to start by saying wow, I never thought I would ever get the chance to do something like this. I know now that we will be going again (not with kids) in the future, not soon in the future but we will. There were a couple times during our trip where Clayton and I would ask each other if we could just move there. Clayton planned it out where I would home school the kids and he would work for the local farmer, and by local I truly mean local. You could smell the farm smell from the heart of any little village you where in. It was so serene and quiet, at least when we were in the country. In the big cities it was chaotic.
On the plane ready to go
Our view out our bedroom window.
Okay well I guess I should start telling you about our stay over there. We arrived in Frankfurt at about 7am on 2/11/14 and were at Jason's house by about 930am (I could be wrong, this was the point where I never knew what time it was). That Tuesday we took it easy, we relaxed as much as we could but we needed some things from the base so Jason also showed us around. And we went to dinner at "Bei Gianni". The owner of the establishment, Gianni, is awesome!! Very friendly and treats you like family. At the end when we were paying he looked at Jason and said, "What you no pay for your sister?" Jason responded, "No she can pay for herself." Gianni's response (and I do apologize for the language but I am quoting) "You mother fucker". We also met Jason's friends, Colleen, Taz, Chris, and Melissa. All very good company.
The next day we went to Trier and almost got lost right away when Jason missed a turn (and yes Jason I will be dogging your driving habits along the way, its my right ;) ). We found the parking garage and started our venture to the Porta Nigra or 'Black Gate'. It was apparently named something else but its original Roman name was not recorded. This old city gate was turned into a two story church by Bishop Poppo in honor of hermit Simeon who had made the building his home in the 11th century and as a result saved it from being torn down for building materials. Around 200 year ago during the French rule was when it was transferred to state ownership.
Just a blocked off portion that yup I was to scared to go any nearer than this.
Some writing
The inside
Looking out the Porta Nigra you get a good view of Trier
A cathedral that I meant to have us go look for but after lunch I forgot.
There is a lot of architecture all over Germany and not just in its buildings.
This was in the middle of the square of the shopping district we were in in Trier.
My view during the road trips
Got him a motorcycle for the car although it didn't help and ended up never traveling with us.
Well now is the reason why I named this blog Part 1. Instead of making one long blog that everyone will get tired of reading and just glance at the photos really quick I'm breaking them up by days I believe. This one might be the shortest though don't quote me on that. But I thought Id get my posts started since I wont be getting to it this weekend and I've already made everyone wait 3 or 4 days, jet lag is still getting to me some how. Oh well I hope you enjoyed part one at least. This is going to help me re-live a good time and I'm excited to finally share it with you.
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