The Weekend

It was a very Rainy weekend here!!We were though able between all the rain fall have the opportunity to enjoy a festival in the city of Freinsheim on Saturday 14 July. 

Our original plan for the weekend was to go to Mainz for a beer fest, but with the such unpredictable weather we decided to stay a bit closer to home.  I actually heard about the Festival in Freinsheim through Facebook.  I follow the website Buzz off Base and occasionally there are events posted on the Facebook page.  

  The festival had a number of good foods as well as wine.  Freinsheim is located in the area that is called Weinstraße (Wine Street).  In September in the city of Bad Dürkheim there is a very large Wine Festival every year. 

I know very little about the area, but from my experience most of the Wine I've drank is a white wine, this one in the picture was a Riesling. 

Svetlana and I

Take note, we are both wearing pants and long sleeve shirts.  It is July 14th.  Very ready for Summer here!!!

Brooklyn and I on our walk viewing the City

 We enjoyed some very good food and Ice Cream during our short stay in the city.  A great way to enjoy the afternoon, on a day that did turn out to be quite nice. 

One of the Buildings, part of the City Wall

Sunday we used to run errands and I finished up some schoolwork.  Sam and I both worked on a large project of consolidating our DVD collection to the binder type cases.  Project not yet complete but a big dent into it.  

I'm hoping to have up a post about my trip to the Ukraine soon.  There are so many pictures and more that I'm waiting on.  A wonderful trip and a great opportunity to visit a growing city.

Trier

On July 1st Sam and I were able to go to Trier.  For me this is the second time, and Sam third trip to Trier.  My first trip to Trier was in November 2011, we went to go check out the Christmas market.  Unfortunately the day we decide to go it down pours and didn't stop.  We had along Brooklyn and with all the rain she was not a happy puppy, so our trip to Trier didn't go so well with very little of the city being seen.

We decided to take the bus this time to Trier, and we were very lucky to have beautiful weather. The city of Trier is about an hour from our house easy drive up the autobahn.  Had a wonderful lunch at an outside restaurant.   There are a number of shops to visit and historical sites to see when in Trier.  One being the remains of a Roman Bath, the home of Karl Marx, and the Trier Cathedral.

The Trier Cathedral has been the seat of a bishop since the second half of the 3rd century.  The Cathedral's most precious relic is the Holy Robe, called the Tunic of Christ.  The holy robe since 1974 has been kept in its wooden shrine from 1891, encased in an air-conditioned glass shrine.  The shirne is only open on the the days of the Holy Robe Days, but the garment is not seen.  The last time the robe was seen out on display was for a month in April-May.  Before then it was last displayed in 1996.   There is no way to determine when the next time the Robe will be on display. 

Today the it is an active cathedral, with many services and always open to the public for viewing. 

To learn more about Trier, and the Cathedral check out this site.

Medival Castle

In order to not fall behind on some of our activities I wanted to write a quick bit on the Medival Summer Market I went to with our friends Rich and Svetlana. 

It was a beautiful day, those are sometimes, far and few in between.  A beautiful day, I was able to bring Brooklyn with me and she enjoyed herself, all things to smell and see.  Sam during this time was brewing a beer at a friends house. 

 

Kusel is about 20 mins from our house, here you can see the castle from a distance.  

 At this Festival there were many performances by dancers, jugglers, and horseback demonstrations.

So many neat things to see and do, and we are right in the middle of it.

Knight Camp

 Brooklyn, Svetlana, and Me

This past weekend Sam and I enjoyed a day trip to Trier, more to come about our day.  

Jane