This is the second post, immediately following the first.

Then we went to Trier. Trier was settled by the Romans, and has this giant building called 'Porta Negra'- the black gate. Now THAT is a good name. Anyway, it's really rather big, and we arrived just in time to see them showing off the European rally cars. Trier was really crowded for this really huge event, and we saw all of the different rally cars, and apparently the mayor of Trier drives one of these cars. When they drove through the podium, all the drivers made speeches (most in English, except the Germans and the French). Anyway, the guy driving this Rheinland-Pfalz car (that was an prominent local politician) was most unabashedly drunk (and still drinking) when he drove his car through the Porta Negra and down the crowded street.

Alcohol here is really cheap. 5 € is the general price for a bottle of premium liquor (that's premium, boys and girls- not Russian Prince-esque stuff). You can buy beer anywhere. If it has coke, it probably has beer. That includes most pop machines (but those usually only have Urpils). As a result of the fact that you're allowed to drink in public, two major things occur here that don't happen in Canada- 1. you can just sit down at a table on the street and have your cold beers served to you. 2. there are a lot of drunken hobos wandering around being drunk during all hours of the day.


I'll give you more later. For now, that all that I'm giving you.