Today we visited Trier, the oldest city in Germany, started by the Romans more than 2000 years ago.
It became second only to Rome in grandeur and significantly larger in size.
The world’s oldest functioning bridge is still in daily use and, although much of the structure was destroyed by the French, the foundation remained in tact and the damaged sections were rebuilt.
The area is very rocky with iron-filled and manganese-filled rock that was cut from the cliffs and used for the construction of the town. There was very little use of timber as it was not needed.
The orginal gatehouse still stands and with walls over 2 metres thick is unlikely to ever collapse.
The colliseum and the amphitheatre are still largely intact also.

All along the Moselle River and, to a slightly lesser extent on the Rhine, the cliff faces are very steep and yet are covered in grape vines (about 60% riesling).
The slopes are up to 70 degrees which makes it impossible to harvest by machinery. It beggars belief how the grapes are picked by hand.

After lunch, I went for a ride on one of the ship’s electric bikes. I might have to buy one for home.
Then I walked across the bridge to the other side of the river and went in to the town. It has one of the prettiest town squares I have seen and there have been many.
Jenni had a snooze after doing her exercises.
She has missed out on a beautiful afternoon but is having a great time and taking the breaks she needs.