Europe 2023 from Frankfurt : 2023-05-01 : Trier (Labour Day (FR, DE, CH, AT))

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Type Name Description Service Provider Cost Kms To Date Total Notes Actions
Cycle To Trier then back to campground $0.00 16.00 16.00
Sight See Trier Amphitheater $12.00
Accommodation
Type Name Service Provider Confirmation Location Cost Notes Actions
Camp Campingpark Treviris $95.50 Cost is for three nights


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For the second day in a row now I’ve decided that I didn’t care for The campingplatz we were at.

The night before last we were at a Kanu Club that had a zeltplatz full of car campers who were loud and took up so much space with their vehicles and mondo tents.

Last night we were at the campingplatz in Konz, and they’re not really set up for tents but they did have a small place for us. What I didn’t like is that they are automated, so there’s no person working there to ask questions. They charge a deposit for using electricity- their instructions say you can use it by waving your card key over the card reader on the outlet box, which would be totally fine, except… there are no outlets with card readers - there are essentially no outlets at all. I tried to ask the Biergarten staff, but they don’t know anything about how the campground operates so… hopefully we get a refund on Brent’s €5 that he paid to use the facilities. I did find showers with card readers.

I hope this isn’t a trend on the Mosel.

We rode a short 7km to the campingplatz at Trier.

Just before Campingplatz Treviris, there is a Wohnmobile campground that we thought was it. We rode in. It looked awful for tenting. Then I realized we were in the wrong place, and our place was right next door!

We hustled on over to the right place. They let us check in early so we can set up and go to town without all of our gear. They have coffees, and daily bread delivery. They have the biggest, most beautiful zeltplatz I’ve ever seen, with tables, chairs, benches and covered gazebos. Yay!! I’m so relieved, especially since we’ll be here for three nights!
We got to Trier first thing this morning so we set up camp and then went to check out the oldest city in Germany, aka Second Rome, aka Trier. The city has nine unesco sites, and it is really something!

We started at Porta Nigra and walked through the old town. We saw the Basilica and Dom, and walked past the Kaiserthermin, which we will return for another day. We had a good long look at the Amphitheater, which was fascinating.
There ended up being a number of cycle tourists in the campingplatz tonight. Kirsten from Germany, a young single woman from the Netherlands and a couple from the Netherlands. They all spoke English and we had a really fun evening schmoozing with them. Especially Brent - he gets so excited to talk about cycle touring with cycle tourists.

First he went for a walk to get us beers. He was gone for about an hour searching endlessly for beers and returning to the campingplatz empty handed. Then he discovered that they sell beers AT the campingplatz. Haha!

I didn’t get a photo of the cycle tourists, but I did get a photo of Brent with his spoils, and one of the sun shining on a tower behind our tent.


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