.ancient Trier and lux(ury)

.today we've finally found enough courage to face the oldest town around here. It's Trier, founded at Roman times (16 AD). This city was really important in ancient times (had 80,000 inhabitants already in 300AD!). Favoured by emperors of Roman empire, many ancient sights are still spread around the town (amphitheater, imperial baths, Ponta Nigra, etc.). The interesting mix of ancient and medieval is apparent everywhere. If you have a chance of stopping by, I really recommend you this place!
We had a really nice time (apart from the bad, cold, rainy weather following our every step...). We did a nice walk around the old town, took many photos. If you want to know more about Trier, check this site.
But it was not all, what was planned for this day. Next stop was Luxembourg (really close, only some 40km). We've already seen this attractive town, yet our friends have not so it was a must see for them ;). This time finding a parking place was absolutely no problem. Because we knew the city, we've led some shortened version of sightseeing around the centre (weather was getting worse and worse). Hopefully it was enough to get a feeling, what is Luxembourg like. It's definitely better to visit such places in summer or spring, but we cannot decide about that...

More photos available here.


And I have almost forgotten, this morning the whole Saarbrucken was covered in snow!!! It was beautiful. It's a shame it didn't last though, rain has ruined all the beauty :(.