Trier; Thursday, 04 August, 2011

I had a quick breakfast and, after a much speedier checkout than the one a couple of days earlier in Koblenz, headed into town to take in the last couple of sights.

First stop of the morning was the Landesmuseum, which houses many of the Roman finds that have been discovered around the city, including some pretty impressive funeral monuments.

I headed back towards the city museum, but stopped off briefly in the market church to have a quick look around.

The city museum is housed in the cloisters for the church that was at one point housed in the Porta Nigra. I spent quite a bit of time looking around, and in the end had to rush the last couple of galleries as I needed to get back to the hotel and pick up my luggage.

I walked the short distance back to the station, arriving with about 15 minutes to spare before the longest journey of my trip.

The train ride from Trier to Cologne is actually quickest done going via Koblenz, but there are direct trains, which at over 3 hours are a much slower way of getting there, but the views as the weave their way through the foothills of the Eifel are worth the journey.