On the Hauptmarkt in Trier
Ditto
The four DHTB riders in Trier -
Robert, Bob White, Liza, John Black
View of the Roman bridge from our
hotel terrace (bw)
Fine half-timbered buildings
Karl Marx was everywhere!
(Ok, he was born in Trier)
The 2000-year-old Roman Porta Nigra
Robert, John, Bob en route on foot
to the Trier main train station to get
our rental bikes; the Porta Nigra
is behind them
Imperial Baths
On our bikes and riding back to
the hotel
The Trier Cathedral - started in the
4th century and last addition finished
in the 18th
This part is what remains of
the cathedral's original 4th
century Roman construction - was
once twice as tell as what you see
here (bw)
Inside the Trier Cathedral
Inside the Trier Cathedral (jb)
Monk or actor?
Back on the Hauptmarkt
An actual market in the Hauptmarkt (bw)
Testing the Mosel Radweg (bike path)
riding upstream from Trier (bw)
Next day's adventure - loading up
the bike bus for our ride to Hermeskeil,
about 35 or so miles away
Bikes on the bus (jb)
DHTB in Hermeskeil, about to set
out on the Ruwer-Hochwald bike path
Train car along the bike path
(the bike path followed an old
rail line, but was adjacent to
the tracks)
On the bike path, #2
Robert, Chrissie, John
Birding stop!
Riding again (bw)
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Lunch time near Waldrach
At Chrissie's home in Hetzerath...
Bob watching her prep
Dinner time!
(jb)
Sitting down to dinner
Next day after a long ride...at
Molitor's Mühle spa, near Kloster
Himmerod (jb)
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At Molitor's Mühle
View of the grounds from our room
Beer on the terrace! Which ones were
Robert's and Liza's?
Liza & Bob
John & Robert (bw)
John & Bob in the restaurant for dinner
In the restaurant for dinner
Our room at Molitor's Mühle
And quite the bathroom!
View from our room looking towards
a gazebo (right) and the sauna (down
the path on the left)
Bob and John exploring out front
while Robert birded...
Front door - motto roughly 'a good
house for the good guest'
Extensive breakfast buffet
Kloster Himmerod the next
morning
Front door
Interior of Kloster Himmerod - the
organist was "practicing" - awesome
sound (bw)