Farewell Trier, thanks for the memories!

It was hard to pack our stuff after having a break from it all for so long. None the less, we were able to cram all our stuff back into the packs with just a little effort.

We wanted to be good house guests, so, to achieve this we decided to clean up Koras apartment, it didn’t take long but it was an effort thanks to the extreme heat we experienced today. To treat ourselves (and award ourselves for our gallant effort) we walked to the local ice cream parlour and brought ourselves a cone each, which melted faster than we could lick. It was a messy outing. We then begrudgingly thought that we’d better go to the supermarket to replace some of the goods that we have used throughout the past two weeks. It wasn’t that we didn’t want to buy these things; it was just the fact that it was sooo hot! We brought a few bits and bobs and carried them home as fast as we could, which, thanks to the thick heat, wasn’t very fast at all.

After this outing we didn’t do much but lie about moaning “aaaaarrrrghhhh, it’s SO bloody hot!” and copy some music to our IPods, then before we knew it Max and Kora arrived home.

We always look forward to them returning home, but this time it was tinged with sadness as we knew that this meant that we would soon have to get going. We’ve enjoyed our visit to Germany so much and it’s all been thanks to Max and Kora. Without them we wouldn’t have seen the things we did, experienced the food and drink, had such a great laugh and been able to relax the way we have. We can’t thank them enough for everything they’ve done for us; we’ll always remember them, and this part of the trip, very very fondly.
Chris here now. I can’t thank Kora enough for looking after us so well and being such a good host and Max for being so kind to us, cooking for us and showing us around, Max would make a very good tour guide he’s very funny and great at explaining the history of stuff… cool stuff like the Porta Nigra in Trier.

When Max and Kora got home they had something quick to eat then we chatted for a while, exchanged last minute details and jumped in the car. Kora drove us to the train station that we thought was about an hour away turn out it’s more like an hour and a half, time seems to pass differently when you are on the Autobahn doing 160km/h but we made it to the train station with 15 minutes to spare. Max being his usually thoughtful and kind self realized that we really hadn’t eaten anything as we were planning to have dinner at the train station as we thought we would have time so Max ran off to get us some food and made it back just before the train pulled up at the station. We clambered onto the train and Max went up the carriage with Em to try and to find what cabin we are in but the train wasn’t stopped at this station for long and before we knew it the whistle was being blown and max had to run through the carriage, give me a quick man hug and jump through the closing door like in a Hollywood movie. Em and I opened the window and waved to them as the train pulled away from the station, also kinda Hollywood. It was so sad to say goodbye to them but hopefully we will be able to catch up with them somehow before we leave Europe. We are planning on heading back to France to go to a holiday house near La Rochelle the end of next month to stay with Inga and with some luck Max might be able to join us there.

We are now on the train heading towards Italy and at the moment our 4 bed cabin is just Em and I but the conductor said another person is joining us in Frankfurt so no more private cabin.

written by  Chris and Emily on July 22, 2009 from Trier, Germany
from the travel blog: Europe 2009
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