Well, I'm back! I have returned to Porta Nigra (black gate) in Trier. We walked through Hauptmarkt and along all the little shops to the oldest remaining evidence of Roman rulership in Germany, Porta Nigra. It is beautiful here! I feel like I am at home. All the German family laughs when I say that...and my parents worry! Lol. We met up with my cousin Dennis and his girlfriend Susie, as well as my cousin Peter, his wife Doris and their youngest daughter Lena an...

So for the first week we are staying in Mesenich with my cousin Frank and his wife Barbel. She is so sweet! She has a hard time with English and we have a hard time with German but somehow we all understand each other. After our long (but somehow not long enough) sleep after the concert, we are taking a little tour of Mesenich, which is a village of about 267 people. It is a cute little village and they have no stores or shops, but they do have at least one Bei...

We have arrived!! We were met by my cousins, Frank and Peter and Frank's grandson, Yanic. I am so happy to be off the plane...I didn't sleep at all so I am sure I will nod off on the drive to Mesenich. Lol...Frank and Peter forgot where they parked so we've been wandering through the Frankfurt airport parking area! haha...adventures in my father's land for sure!