Or, in English: Cologne, Germany. Margaret and I ventured to continental Europe for the first time this year. We looked at cheap flights available through easyjet and decided on Germany. Margaret was relying on my not-so-great German skills, but we got by all right.
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| I loved this sign. It says: "Walking/Going on the ice is forbidden! MORTAL DANGER" |
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| the Rhine (Rhein auf Deutsch) |
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| Schokoladenmuseum--the Chocolate Museum |
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| Rhein |
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| Hohestraße - a shopping street. Unfortunately, we discovered that NOTHING is open on Sundays... |
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| Dunkin! They didn't have iced coffee....we were bummed. |
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| the huge Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom auf Deutsch) |
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| ich mit dem Kölnen Dom |
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| We climbed up one of the towers of the cathedral--500 steps up a spiral staircase!! |
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| "We were here on 30.6.2005" |
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| Haha. "Kaputt" is the actual German word for "broken." (This is was near the top of the tower.) |
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| From the top of the tower. The Rhine. |
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| Graffiti on the cathedral. |
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| The staircase up to the top. |
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| In front of the cathedral were a lot of street performers, including this guy dressed up as a horse who upset this poor little dog. |
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| This guy was our favorite. He barked at people, pretended to bathe himself, wagged his tag when people talked to him, and generally made everyone laugh. |
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| Inside the cathedral. |
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| One of the stained glass windows had an amazing effect on the walls inside the cathedral. |
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| the moderny stained-glass window |
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| Creeping on a German couple. |
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| On one of the bridges over the Rhine are loads of padlocks. Couples (either lovers or really good friends) put a lock on the bridge and then throw the key into the Rhine. It was really beautiful to see. We saw two couples actually adding their padlock to the bridge. |
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| May you stay forever young... |
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| A sculpture sticking out of the middle of the bridge. |
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| On the opposite side of the river is a viewing tower. We went up and got great views over Cologne. |
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| Sunset. |
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| This was our favorite lock. It says: Wherever you go, I want to go too; where you stay, there I will also stay! (or something to that effect) |
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| My sunshine and my heart. |
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| "In eternal Love" |
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| We walked back on the other side of the bridge, where there were considerably more locks. |
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| Margaret interpreted this as "Some people's love is bigger than others." I interpreted it as "Some people need a bigger lock to hold their love together." Does that make me a cynic? |
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| A guy busking...with a grand piano. |
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| Kölner Dom at night. |
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| Hauptbahnhof--the central train station |
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| the cathedral |
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| Museum Ludwig - a great art museum with a lot of German expressionism/Picasso/etc. |
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| a dog wearing sunglasses |
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