July 7 2013 Trier

Our next stop was in Trier Germany.It is the oldest medieval town in Germany and was once the ancient Roman capital.It was founded by Augustus in the 16 B.C.We took a 3 hr. walking tour of the city and found out a lot of history here.It originally had 4 gates and now only one remains,Porta Nigra.It was built without mortar and only iron pegs held these giant blocks of sandstone together.

They were having a street fair this particular day and so the town was packed.Our guide took us to the largest baths we have ever seen that were built during the days of the romans.

Notice where the door is placed in this house. It was called a floating door because the staircase would come up and they could fight off their enemies.

More photos of Trier.This was one of my favorite towns.