When we travelled in and around Chile it was as if the Incas had been everywhere, leaving their impeccable wall building skills for us to wonder at centuries later. These photos were taken at Maachu Picchu in Peru and the Inca Bridge in Argentina.
We went to Trier to shop, but there are other delights as well, such as the flowers and mushrooms - which in the cases below, were both the biggest specimens we have ever seen. Dahlias the size of dinner plates and mushrooms bigger than my hand! I wonder if the Romans enjoyed these?
Like the Incas, the Romans too attempted to conquer their world by increasing their boundaries and requiring more nations to pay tribute in the form of taxes, to fund their ever increasing expansionist desires. And also like the Incas, the Romans left their roads, bridges and walls for us to view.
Trier is a small town east of Luxembourg (in Germany) which they say was called Roma Segunda, or the second Rome. It has lots of interesting roman ruins, that have survived not only through time, but also the deluge of WW2 bombing raids. We haven't visited them all yet, but will certainly do on future visits. Below is the Porta Nigra, or black gate, which was once the entrance to the city.
We went to Trier to shop, but there are other delights as well, such as the flowers and mushrooms - which in the cases below, were both the biggest specimens we have ever seen. Dahlias the size of dinner plates and mushrooms bigger than my hand! I wonder if the Romans enjoyed these?
