Saturday 26 May in Trier - did a bus tour of the city sights and visited 2 museums.
The city centre or what they call Market Square where markets are held some days.

Fountain in Market Square

The Palace and its gardens

 The Throne Room or Basilica beside the Palace and it was used for special events. It is now used as a church. Some of the walls were up to 7 metres thick.



Entrance to a church which was behind the shops

The Cathedral which was like 2 huge buildings joined together.

The first museum we visited was next to the Porta Nigra or Black gate and contained statues and paintings from the 16 & 17th centuries.

The second museum was tremendous with exhibits dating from the Roman times. They were well presented and the documentation explained it all. One of the best museums that I have been to.

Parts of buildings from the 1st - 3rd centuries

This was one of the mosaic floors on display. It was about 4 metres square. There was another 7 on display of similar size , all with tiny mosaic tiles in complex patterns.

At 5pm we went on a bus trip to a winery. We went on a very old bus owned by the winery. The winery had been in the one family since 1770. One member of the family had become a Professor in wine making and lived to 99 years. We looked at the making of wines and then had a wine tasting of 6 wines. The whole thing was supposed to be 1.5 hours but we were there for almost 3 hours as the family member who conducted the tour kept filling our glasses with wine. The trip cost 10 Euros ( equivalent to $12 Australian).  Bottles of wine could be purchased for 5 Euros each.