The One where Everything is Closed

Before I start I want to dedicate this post to a little boy back home. You know who you are you big baby. =) Apparently, he was sooking that I hadn’t sent him any emails, which made me go ngaww! =3 Well hope you’re happy now honey! I love you!

To everybody else, especially those sexy single ladies, happy Christmas & don’t be missing me too much. Oh I know I’m asking for the impossible, but if it helps, I would be missing me too. LOL!

In the morning I left Brussels, Belgium for Luxembourg at 8. My day began with a white Christmas, but as the bus drove on, my white Christmas turned into a lush green. And since today is Christmas, everything is closed! I mean everything! Even the Christmas Markets! And the city was deserted! There were no people at all! So it felt like I had all of Luxembourg to myself, (& the 30 other people on the tour).

This is the Old Town of the city of Luxembourg. Luxembourg was a true medieval city and around the 1200s, a wall was built with towers and fortified bates to protect it.

This is where the King resides.

After exploring Luxembourg, we headed for Trier, Germany. The first place we stopped at was the Karl-Marx-Haus Museum, which was also closed. If you are wondering why Marx sounds so familiar- think communism.

The next stop was the Cathedral Square. The Cathedral Square with Trier Cathedral and the Church of Our Lady, located on the site of one of the largest palace complexes of the Roman Empire, forms the centre of the Cathedral City. The Cathedral is Germany’s oldest bishop’s church. As a central plan structure, the Church of Our Lady, one of the first churches in Germany built strictly in the Gothic style is also the earliest and most significant example of this architectural type in Germany. Protected by its own wall and gates in the Middle Ages, the Cathedral City still represents a “city quarter” with its own structural character.

The Trier Cathedral is on the left and the Church of Our Lady is on the right. I only went in the Trier Cathedral because the Church of Our Lady is currently undergoing renovations, but here are some photos of the Trier Cathedral:

 

 

The photos aren’t very clear because the cathedral had very dim lighting and I didn’t want to flash inside a church. (PUN) LOL!

At the back there is the Holy Robe Chapel, where the Robe of Christ is preserved. That section was closed today so I didn’t get to see it. On the way out, I purchased a little brochure and there was a map of the Cathedral City, and when I saw it I realise there was so much more that I missed out on, but I was already on the bus! =T I’ll be back one day.

Down the road from the Trier Cathedral is the Porta Nigra. The Porta Nigra (black gate) is Trier’s famous landmarks and was built at the end of the 2nd Century AD. It is the largest and best preserved city gate of the ancient world. In the 11th Century, the monk Simeon set up his hermit’s cell in the east tower of the Porta Nigra. With the veneration if the hermit after his death, papal approval led to the transformation of the Porta Nigra into the double church of St. Simeon and to the establishment of the Simeon’s College. However in 1804, Emperor Napoleon gave the order to free the Roman gate of all church structural elements.

 We left Trier for Heidelberg, Germany’s oldest university town where I'll be staying the night. For dinner we had Maccas, because everything else was closed.

 German Maccas is awesome! They have refillable drinks! =DD

Here’s there menu:

 

I had the Hamburger Royal TS

 And my dad had the Big Rosti

 The Big Rosti looks so freaking sickening. There’s like beef, chicken and bacon in between a bacon and cheese bun! =O

Well I’m currently staying at Hotel Ibis Heidelberg, which is right next door to McDonalds! =D The room is a decent size, but the bathroom is so tiny! You can barely fit yourself in there! But at least everything is clean and I’m only here for one night.

So jealous much, Cynthia?