For our last little stop in Trier we’ll be checking out the ruins of the Roman amphitheater. Just on the other side of the gardens from the palace we saw yesterday, this thing was built in the 2nd century AD when the Romans occupied the area.
One frustrating thing about sight-seeing in out-of-the-way places around here is that all the information they give me, brochures, placards and the like, are all in German, so they’re not horribly helpful. But, it was still pretty neat to wander about the excavation site.
I was also able to explore the underground passageways around the thing, which were pretty damn impressive as well; It’s pretty neat to peer into an 1,800 year-old bathhouse. Anywho, have a look around…
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- Probably my favorite picture from the little tour… I have this one hanging on my wall too.
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- The visitor center…
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- And I couldn’t have asked for a prettier day…
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- Germans are weird. German art is downright fucking crazy.
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- Exploring the aqueducts and tunnels and shit underneath the place.
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- I guess this was a bath house back in like 600 AD
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- I bet it would have been pretty cool to watch Russel Crowe kick some ass up in here like 2,000 years ago…
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- And finally, a panoramic of the whole nine meters.
I hope you enjoyed your little tour of Trier… I’m not the most informative tour guide, but at least you had the chance to look around. I’m not real sure what’s up next. This weekend I’ll be heading to Speyer with Ms. Müller and her crazy family, If I get a chance, I’ll show you around.
Don’t be a stranger.
-B. Littleton
