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Wittlich and Trier

So a couple weeks ago I went up to visit Emily. She lives in Wittlich, a fairly small town a ways west of Frankfurt. We went to a Greek restaurant near her apartment, where the owner came to talk to us, and tried to convince us to stay longer. And May first is their labor day, so there was a cute little festival in the town square. Some sort of raffle, a guy doing balloon art, kids running around with labor party flags, and, of course, a stand selling bratwurst, and one selling beer. We just sat around enjoying the beautiful weather and the people watching.

On Friday, we went down to Trier, the oldest city in Germany. There are still some Roman ruins, the throne room of Constantine. We did most of our walking on Saturday, down the main market street. It was just lined with people selling jewelry and all sorts of things. There was a guy that made wire sculptures right there on the street (I'll put a picture of the one I got up-- only two euros!), right next to the guy carving wooden statues. A woman making wire jewelry, a guy making those wire hanging ornaments. And, of course, the ubiquitous gelato stands. Good times.

posted by Julia @ 1:30 AM