More Trier photos

View of the city, from up in the Porta Nigra

Pond near the Roman baths

Chloe and Emma Afoot

In the Roman museum

These are all from our Koblenz Exchange Program trip.

Visiting Trier, the big Roman town I didn't know about

According to people who lead tours around Trier, Germany, the town is underexposed. Even Wikipedia agrees that it's the oldest city in Germany, and was a residence of the Western Roman emperor.

It was the first sight our Schenkendorf School exchange program hosts took the group to see, on our second day in Germany.

George Brooke in front of the Porta Nigra, the most famous Roman ruin in Trier. The Porta Nigra was a Roman gate that was rebuilt into a Christian church and then re-Romanized later.

I was sufficiently ignorant of German geography that I didn't realize until now, looking at a map, that Trier is really close to Luxembourg. Wikipedia says the closest city to the town is Luxembourg City.

Our tour group

The Porta Nigra

Staircase inside the Porta Nigra

Arcade inside the Porta Nigra

I didn't know Word had a Spike

I bumped into this rather neat feature of Word the other day. It's called the Spike. It's a cumulative paste buffer: you can cut several items to the Spike, and each item you cut gets added there. Then you can paste the whole set of items somewhere else. Details here.

Poppies by a crater lake in Germany

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Chloe and I just got back from two weeks in Germany as participants in Summitt Elementary's Koblenz exchange program. I'm planning to post a bunch of photos. These photos of Chloe and the daughter from our host family, Ann-Sophie, are standouts. They are walking through poppies in a field near a volcanic crater lake.

Easy process for casting foam terrain

I can't wait to try this process, from the Reaper Miniature site. It involves making a negative mold from a box of wet sand, and spraying expanding insulation foam into it. Very easy, but they've got the full explanation here.

Acceptance of gays passes the 50% mark according to study

This could be a turning point. An interesting article with some theories as to why.

Early 1900s in color

Wow, real photos of the 1900s, in color.

Even scientists have trouble with statistics

Scary stuff, since this is what is used to make drugs we all take.

What did people do in a Medieval City?

If you've ever asked yourself this question, here are some great answers.