One of the famous landmarks in Trier is
the porta nigra (Black Gate). It was built by the Romans and was part
of a wall that was as tall as the gate that went all the way around
the city. Only parts of it are still standing.
Heinrich got to see the old streets and
cathedrals and old shops. He also had lunch in the Dom WeinKellar
(Cathedral Wine cellar) restaurant. It was originally a restaurant
that tried to add on and discovered it was sitting on the ruins of
the ancient cathedrals wine cellars. In the restaurant were lots of
artifacts they had found and some original friezes that lined the
wall. Heinrich had a wonderful meal of potato soup, salad pork
schnitzel and an unusual combination of thin smoked pork wrapped over
watermelon and honeydew. It was really good.
The restaurant also had a copy of the
oldest cookbook ever printed. (Not the oldest cookbook, but the
oldest PRINTED cookbook. Printing started just up the river in Mainz
by Johannes Guttenberg.) On the weekend all of the menu items come
from the cookbook and the recipes are more than 500 years old. Heinrich thought Becky would really like to have that cookbook.
After lunch Heinrich treated himself to an ice cream from one of the Eis (ice cream) shops. Cherry cream (Sorry Becky but it was delicious).
On the way out Heinrich got one more
picture of the Porta Nigra. Can you see the beggar on the side walk
just in front of him?
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