Let's Start from the Very Beginning .... Trip to Austria

  And our first stop (at night) was  TRIER Trier is a fabulous city in Germany on the banks of the Moselle. The city  lies in a valley between low vine-covered hills of red sandstone in the west of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, near the border with Luxembourg and within the important Moselle wine region 
 My friend Linda and I were on our first Formula 1 trip to Austria but our third F1 trip together.And this trip was more than just F1. I couldn't believe we were going to Trier as someone special lives near there. My second cousin Julian and his wife Jeannine and I had never met them. As soon as I found out I contacted him by FB and we had a date!!

 We texted each other as I was traveling nearer , got into the hotel , 5 minutes to sort myself out (I thought)  and I got a phone call from reception .. they were there. Oh my wordit was brilliant.  We had a drink and a acquaintance chat , and they took me out for a special German meal.  Absolutely super. Sorry no photos of the food. We got on amazingly . We shared  Flammkuchen - Alsatian pizza -- Delicious!
 I then  had Jagerschnitzel , which took me straight back to
 the 80's when I lived in Germany for 3 years.
 I have a packet Jager sauce mix ... we used to use these all of the time ..
 It was an amazing few hours. Unfortunately I did not have time to meet their children ..NEXT time hopefully. (Their eldest son was very curious as to who this member of the family was). I have also met the eldest second cousin Steven  and his family  (In London) and have to return to Italy to meet the youngest Sara and her family.  I did go to Italy last year (F1) but unfortunately timings were not good)  Who needs an excuse to go to Italy -- NOT me :-)  I will show you the photos of the city in my next post.  ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥