Luxembourg - for about a minute - Scaling the Alps to the Italian Lakes - Tally Gals

September 29, 2023

Luxembourg - for about a minute

Todays highlights included an exploration of Trier’s old city, a quick trip into Luxemburg, a philosophy garden, and the old town of Saarburg. This morning it was bright and sunny when we headed into trier and it’s old city but the clouds rolled in quickly. All day it looked like we were going to get rained on any minute but we only had a few sprinkles.

The Porta Nigra is huge and imposing and feels very Roman as you walk through it.

Porta Nigra, the Black gate, is a Roman era gate. At one time there were 4 such gates around the city.

The Trier Dom Cathedral of St. Peter is not only Germany’s oldest church but also, in its 1700 years of history, the oldest structure in Germany which has served uninterruptedly – and continues to serve – its original purpose as bishop’s church.

The Liebfrauenkirche, located next to the cathedral, is one of the most impressive Gothic buildings in Germany. At the same time, it is considered to be their earliest representative on German soil.

Trier’s Basilica, spare clean lines.

The Basilica in Trier is So different from the basilica in Venice. So spare.

Trier’s royal palace and gardens were beautiful.

The Kaiserthermen, the Trier Imperial Baths, are a large Roman bath complex in Trier, Germany. The complex was constructed in the early 4th century AD, during the reign of Constantine I. During that time, Trier was a major imperial hub, being a primary residence for Constantine's son Crispus.

Around the old town section of Trier

We rode along the Mosel to the Saar then crossed a bridge into Luxemburg. We were in Luxemburg for all of 5 minutes loading onto the ferry to take us back to Germany. The ferry was small, it carried two cars and us with our bikes.

We went through several small towns along the way.

Saint Nicholas the patron Saint of sailors and of course children look for him at Christmas time

The philosophers garden. It has four sections, the first is becoming or youth.

The second section is the garden of being

The last section is the garden of paradise, it flows down into the Saar

Saarburg’s waterfalls in the middle of the old town

Saarburgs water wheels, they were used for grinding wheat etc and also for making electricity. Saarburg had the first electricity in Germany

Today's ride: 31 miles (50 km)
Total: 60 miles (97 km)

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