"John's Cologne Pic's"


One of our shortest visits was to the city of Cologne, Germany. It is spelled Koln in German
with an umlaut over the "o". I didn't take too many pictures because Bill and I were pretty
much freezing our butts off while we were there. As a matter of fact I had taken off my hat
when we went into the Cathedral, out of respect, but I put it back on while in there. Bill and
I were on our way out when a priest pointed to indicate that I should remove my hat. I did
for the whole 30 seconds it took us to get outside. Fortunately, Mary Lou from our group was
taking photographs inside the cathedral. Cologne, in my opinion, has such a cacaphony of
architecture that it really is hard to set aside one area for its beauty. There is too much
modern mixed with the old. It presents quite a confused skyline. I would probably go back
to see some of its wonderful museums if I ever had the chance.

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(Picture 1) Cologne, Looking across the Rhein River to Cologne Cathedral
(Picture 2) Cologne, Bridge across the Rhein
(Picture 3) Cologne, Yes, that's me. Not a closeup though.
(Picture 4) Cologne, Cologne Cathedral's towering spires.

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(Picture 5) Cologne, The sandstone underneath years of dirt.
(Picture 6) Cologne, Very beautiful government building down one of the side streets.
(Picture 7) Cologne, Nice shot of the cathedral taken by Mary Lou.
(Picture 8) Cologne, Religious relics shot by Mary Lou.
(Picture 9) Cologne, Very ornate statuary taken by Mary Lou.

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