Weekend Trips to France and Germany

Last weekend, we had the opportunity to make short day trip visits to France on Saturday and then Germany on Sunday.

From our trip on Saturday, we went to Nancy, France (Michelle and I have been told that it is pronounced Noncy). It looks like Nancy to us but work with us here, it is Noncy. Nancy is about an hour from our home. Between here and there, there are gorgeous huge fields of yellow flowers. Sorry, no pictures. You'll have to just take our word for it.

Once in Nancy, we started in the Place Stanislas which has gold covered wrought iron gates in all four corners of the plaza. There is a statue of Stanislas in the middle of the plaza. Here are some pictures from the Place Stanislas area:

This is a picture of Roger with the statue of Stanislas behind him.

We've come to expect outdoor eateries everywhere we go..this was no exception.

Right outside the square, Michelle in the Place de la Carriere. The trees and mansions on each side were really cool....

Also, very close the square is the La Pepiniere park...just a beautiful park on a really nice day...here are some pictures...

Hopefully, you can see the nice day and how all of the trees are in bloom in early spring.

Check out this working clock...in full bloom. It really was 2:10 in the afternoon.

Another cool picture from the park.

On Sunday, we drove over to Trier, Germany which is the oldest city in Germany. If you recall, one of the previous posts showed our visit to Trier. This time, we went over there with one of Roger's co-workers from Akron.

Another co-worker lives in Trier and drives to Luxembourg everyday. He offered to give us a guided tour of Trier. It is so much better when someone is there to tell you what we are looking at and the significance of it.

Here we go, check out the pictures..

On the way, we passed a park full of people enjoying the nice weather. We were fascinated by these guys crossing the park on the tight rope.

This is part of an old Roman civilization. The area in the picture shows the remains of the ancient Roman heated baths.

There is a whole series of tunnels underneath the surface. It was used for slaves to heat the water for the Romans. In these tunnels, it was probably 20 degrees cooler than on the surface so it was used for cool storage also.

 This is a picture of Roger and his co-workers. It looks like Roger needs to spend some more time on the golf course in order to get rid of those white legs. 

On one Sunday a month, Trier has shopping days. Down the street, more Roman ruins are visible.

The Roman ruins, originally a gate into the city but later modified to be a church. These were originally constructed around 200 - 300 A.D.

This is a picture looking back into the city from the Roman ruins.

Another outdoor eatery...this place was popular as they were selling ice cream (or whatever the German's call it).

Just a plug for Goodyear...maybe I can get advertising money for including them in this blog. Actually, we just happened to see these shoes at a shoe store along the way.

Just to give you an idea of how pretty everything was. This was a cherry blossom just outside the Roman baths.

Rainer (Roger's co-worker) then drove us up to this lookout over the city of Trier. In the very front center, you can see the Roman amphitheater. Further into the picture are the Roman baths nestled into the city of Trier.

This is another view from above Trier looking towards the Moselle River.

We are so appreciative of Rainer and his wife, Kirsten, to spend the day showing us around Trier. After the tour, we went to their house where they prepared an authentic German dinner for us. 
 

We had a great weekend exploring and seeing both Nancy (remember, pronounced Noncy), France and Trier Germany.