18 May 18

Today was a day of understanding the history and current society of Tier. The day began with a walk to a museum and continued with an exploration of the city of Tier. In the museum, an elderly lady guided us on runes found in parts of Tier during the Roman empire. The exhibition showed various items that ranged from spearheads to pieces of Roman architecture. The architecture, what stood out the most is that the museum seems to understand that the specimens they displayed were damaged and perhaps not able to depict the wholeness of the significance of the piece, so their solution to this was to hire an artist to recreate the piece and fill in with cement the missing pieces. Further, in the museum, we were shown the gold that was found in a sarcophagus among the other runes. She discussed how these coins can be found in many places within Germany and in fact, she was wearing an ancient gold coin she bought at a flea market. she told us after confirming its legitimacy with the museum it was a rare type of counterfeit that was worth over 5000 Euros. We then moved outside of the museum and on to the town we first visited a grand Church that was built during the tie of Ancient Rome. Somehow the Romans were capable of engineering a means of heating for the church by lighting fires at five points at its base and using the insulation of the brick to carry the warmth of the fire. We then made our way to the Karl Marx statue on the main plaza of the town and she explained that the statue was in dedication to the man however people within the town debate on whether the ideas he published should also be celebrated. This answered my questions on why Germany seemed to be obsessed with Karl Marx any why Streets, posters bus advertisements all included him in some form. This reminded me of how the idol of Captain Alden Partridge is spread across all Norwich culture and merchandise. After that, we have shone one more thing and dismissed to explore the city. My group was able to find a group of shops right outside the church as well as a farmer’s market. Both I and my group can agree that somehow the fruits in Germany just seem so much more fresh than those sold in the US, not to mention the amount of variety these shops had as well. A rich culture seems to surround this town because not only did we find a jazz concert outside the main entrance to the Church but also a carnival walking distance also. The increase in activity as I see in Germany may be because of the national holiday celebrating 50 days after Easter. After exploring ally, the shops and stopping to eat a very friendly but not English-speaking restaurant we found WI-FI and organized a plan to head back to the hotel. Marking the end of our day.


In side the church there was a clock that symbolized the shortness of life on earth.


A mosaic displayed in the museum showing the crucifixion of Jesus.

A panoramic of the cemetery outside of the church.
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Alexander Bello is an inexperience e-blogger with one other posts and is from Springfield Virginia. He is studying Electrical and Computer Engineering, and English is not his first language.