English class with Kora

At about 4pm we walked into the city of Trier which took us just under an hour. It was nice to get out, be walking and getting some fresh air. We've been couping ourselves up indoors so much these days that until now sunlight has almost been our enemy! We felt fit and alive for finally getting out and about.

We didn't do much while in the city, were able to find a book written in English for myself (finally!) and just did some window shopping. We had a quick dinner before we set off to meet Kora and some of her work mates.

Kora and her work mates attend English class every Monday (despite the fact that Chris and I keep telling her that her English is perfect and she shouldn't have to go any more) and we were invited to after class drinks as special guests. It was lovely to be able to meet Koras work mates, they were all so nice and it was really flattering that they all wanted to meet us so that they could hear our accents and speak English with us!

We told them all we knew of Australia and they listened with great interest and asked many questions. Talking so much of home made us realise how much we miss home and of how lucky we are to be living in such a wonderful country, and as much as we're loving being on this adventure we're both looking forward to the comforts and perks of home!

We spent some time with this group before we head off to the 'wine festival'

There has been a festival that has been running for the past 3 days down by the waterfront. A beer and wine festival, and tonight was our chance to go!

We head out armed with jumpers and some cash and were dropped down by the waterfront by taxi. There were many many stalls selling all sorts of German beer and wine and it was all good! There were many food stalls and two stages where music and acts were taking place. We brought beer and myself a soft drink and went off to listen to the main stage band.

The band were great, they sang a few songs in German which, if the crowds cheers and manic dancing were anything to go by, quite popular, but they sang the majority of the songs in English so we were able to sing along with them. We were having a great time, drinking, dancing, singing... then the rain set in. It began to POUR. We tried for shelter under umbrellas that stall holders had out, but as every man, and quite literally dog, were under those we decided for the shelter of a very large tree. This worked for some time but as the rain got heavier we realised "we're getting wet no matter what, we may as well go to the stage" so we left the tree and went and stood on the very muddy slope to watch the band some more. We slipped and slid but had a ball. As it got later we realised that we were actually a little chilly now and decided to leave, heading for the taxi rank. The line here was very long and what was most annoying was the fact that people were pushing in front of us and taking the cabs that were meant for us!

We had enough of this and decided for a new tatic, we head to the opposite side of the busy street and pulled a taxi there, and I couldn't help but stick my tounge out at those lined up as we drove past them.

As we got out of the taxi and were heading indoors a huge crack of thunder erupted and lightening filled the sky and all we could think was how our timing for leaving had been perfect! We fell into our nice warm beds and fell asleep in no time.

written by  Chris and Emily on July 13, 2009 from Trier, Germany
from the travel blog: Europe 2009
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