I've become a little obnoxious.

Strange day. Begun with a fine breakfast, provided by our Airbnb hosts, and they say I can move next door for the next two nights. Before we go sight seeing I move my things to give Steven his space.

The Roman's were very much in Trier. It was a significant regional capital of the Tetrachy and had a lot of money spent on it in the 4th century by Constantine. It was nearly a frontier city but it was created to have a magnetic charm.

It was a significantly unexpectedly great Roman city and the Kaiserthermen is the largest Roman structure I've every seen - with the exception of Diocletian's Palace in Split (but that's been altered down the years) - and I felt good seeing it. What was York like during the Roman Empire?

Then we drank four glasses (0.2l glasses) of Riesling in the vicinity of the Dom before we went looking for perfume (which kind of got to me) and buying Lacoste polo shirt (which caused me to shout). Then we had two beers before catching the bus back to Irsch.

While waiting for the bus I drank an iced coffee and watched legions of children from different churches troop by (which definitely got to me).

Why can't I stop over evaluating everything, Steven says. I really don't know; it's my (bad) nature.

I need to wonder why things are so ordered everywhere, why we get obsessed by trivial possessions and how parents control the destinies of their offspring (nationalism, religiosity, psychologically) without realising/questioning what they're doing.

Adults always know best ... but adults are always taught by adults who always know best. Children never teach adults to be still children. Why the need to force everyone through a social mould? You might as well put us in the coffin at birth. Are we really so robotic?

In Irsch there was a summer fête so we went there and drank Bitburger Pils - I went and sat in a quiet space (to stop fuming) and Steven watched the three piece band.

It rained for 10 seconds. It was far too hot. It is time to sleep darkly.