My very wonderful hostess in Germany brought me on a small tour of part of the Rhine-Mosel valley. Day one was Tag der Deutsches Einheit, or Day of German Unity, celebrating German re-unification in 1990. We took in the Germania, a monument to the creation of what was essentially the first 'German' nation, after the Franco-Prussian war in 1870. After that we visited the rock of the Loreley.
Spent the night in Koblenz, under the shadow of the Kaiser at the Deutsches Eck. In the morning I toured the Ehrenbreitstein, a Prussian fortress at the Rhine-Mosel confluence.
As we headed toward Trier, we stopped off in Cochem to visit the Reichsburg, an impressive castle. We didn't quite make it to Trier though, camping on a site in a village called Pünderich.
We did manage a lightning tour of Trier the next morning though, the highlight of which were the extensive Roman baths, the largest north of the Alps. Trier also boasts a basilica, an amphitheatre, a huge Dom, as well as a few more bath sites and the Porta Nigra.
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