Sunday, September 6, 2009
New blog address!!!
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
First day of school!!
Monday, August 17, 2009
My first few days back
I'm so glad to be home!! I got back on the 12th of August. Cory and the kids were waiting for me at the airport. I got big hugs from all of them! After I checked in with the Warrior Transition Battalion we went to Old Chicago for dinner. I had their chicken salad....just as good as I remembered. I was exhausted by the time we got home. I spent the next two days in processing with the WTB. I found out that Cory can work out with me in the mornings and we will still be back before the kids have to be up for school! Cory and the kids met me for lunch the next day (Thursday). I was glad we got to do that as the kids start school on Monday. I get the weekends off which is really nice. I started tackling the house. In one day Cory and I only got through our bathroom and closet. I spent Saturday night and most of Sunday doing laundry. It was overtaking the downstairs hallway!! We did manage to go on a picnic Sunday afternoon. It started out being nice but then Haylie wouldn't stop complaining about the flies and other bugs that one is to expect at a picnic. So, we ended the picnic a bit early and went back home where I continued to do laundry. We were going to watch the Hannah Montana movie but Kevin's room was a pigsty and Haylie was just being extra annoying so we decided to watch it some other day instead. Talk about procrastination, we didn't get the kids' school supplies until Sunday night....they started school this morning. That's really about it for my time here so far. I got some great shots of the kids' first day of school. I'll post those a bit later.
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Lunch with Ina!!!
Trier
Trier is a city in Germany on the banks of theMoselle River. It is the oldest city in Germany, founded in or before 16 BC. Trier lies in a valley between low vine-covered hills of ruddy sandstone in the west of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, near the German border with Luxembourg and within the important Mosel wine-growing region. According to the Gesta Treverorum (a collection of histories, legends, wars, records of the Archbishops of Trier, writings of the Popes, and other records that were collected by the monks of the St. Matthias Abbey in Trier), the city was founded by Trebeta, anAssyrian prince, centuries before ancient Rome. The Roman Empire subdued the Treveri in the 1st century BC and established Augusta Treverorum in 30 BC.
The first sight we saw was the Porta Nigra, or the Black Gate. It is a large Roman city gate. The Porta Nigra was built in grey sandstone between 180 and 200 AD. Next, we saw Saint Gangolf Church. I couldn't find anything on that. After that we saw the Cathedral of Saint Peter. It is the oldest cathedral in Germany. The last sight we saw was The Basilica of Constantine or Aula Palatina at Trier. It is a Roman palace basilica that was built by emperor Constantine in the beginning of the 4th century AD.
We also got a little shopping in. I got two cute tops, a pair of pants and a silver necklace. Lunch was really nice. I had the pork rump roast with potatoes. It was delicious! I felt a little rushed during the trip. We only had 2 and a half hours to tour around. There is a ton to see there and we all could have used a couple more hours. Overall, it was a wonderful day and I'm really glad I got to see the oldest city in Germany.