Cologne Cathedral (Dom)

It had been 7 long years since I had last been to Cologne, and ironically 7 years since I had seen David as well so with this understanding, it was always going to be a recipe for great times! Our intentions were to 'lay low' for a while in Cologne, let our bodies recover, do some washing, eat some nutritional food…but David had other ideas, …

We woke to snow on the ground so fortified ourselves with a nougatbrezel (yum). Something was happening in the Cathedral (on a Sunday too – who'd have thought) so we started our day in the harrowing NS Dokumentationszentrum museum. The site of a Gestapo prison, the cells were left untouched and used for storage until they were turned into a …

Entry containing 1 photo titled: Kölner Dom

Trying to catch up here on these blogs. We are both fat and happy, with very sore feet. One of our jokes is that we haven't walked enough, and today was no exception. After sailing all night, another mediocre exercise session, and a delicious breakfast buffet with homemade peach jam on dense German bread, our ship arrived in Cologne, home of the …

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Duisburg in North-Rhine Westphalia seems an unlikely place to go for a few days in Germany. We have the best kept secret. We have a friend there who lives right on the Rhine and is Germany's best hostess. The local airport is at Dusseldorf and it is about half an hour by motorway to Duisburg.

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After a good night's sleep at Uta and Hannes', we were off on the train to Köln (Cologne), my first "home" in Germany back in 1985. This is where a 15-year-old American boy arrived, tired, jet-lagged, and truly frightened, to this "new world". Fortunately, I had Rolf and Heidi to take care of me and help me adjust to life in Germany. The first …

well, i am about to leave cologne tomorrow so i thought i would use the down time to write a little bit about mz time here in cologne. on a side note, the kezboards here in europe have the ys in a different spot than we do. i am not going to edit it. it takes too long =] So as i mentioned in mz last blog, i arrived in cologne a daz earlz. i stazed …

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Crazy story. Started it in 1240; stopped in 1470. Finished it in the 1800s. It survived a lot of bombings in WW2 and still stands today.

Widest facade of any church in the world. In the world !!! [2nd highest spires of any church in the world]

Erster Tag: Von Köln (CGN) nach Kopenhagen (CPH) mit einem kurzen stopover in Amsterdam (AMS).
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The Dom
That sums it up.
Nothing can prepare you to actually stand in front of this magnificant Gothic church in it's grandeur. To walk in to the Dom and see and feel it's magnificance is amazing. We visited the Dom 3 times while here. I have taken many pictures and videos and will let them speak for what we saw, but please know they can …

... bar crawl along the river would have been fun - but autobahns and oompa barcrawls do not mix. (S) Ahhh...back to Germany for a fly by of the Koln Cathedral. It's kinda one of those must-do's, so we did. However, the 3 billion stairs we had to PAY ...

... see family and friends in January, Steve and I had to take flights from different airports. Because Steve left for Germany a week before me, he flew into Cologne. I on the other hand, had to fly into Dusseldorf (which is about 30 miles away). So on ...

... me long to realize that this isn't your typical big city. The very first sound I heard when I arrived in Cologne was the church bell of the Dom Cathedral. It was beautiful and very loud! What I found most strange about it was the fact that it was ...

... But instead, we climbed up a few steps and when we got to the top, right directly in front of me was the biggest most beautiful cathedral I have ever laid my eyes on. It was so magnificant that I stopped dead in my tracks. It was so beautiful. Steve was ...

We took Nate's parents to Cologne, only 30 minutes away to show them the famous Cathedral, the Koelner Dom. A nice excursion rounded off by some Koelsch ...

... for the sake of completion I thought I should throw in brief entries for the last 2 places on my journey. Cologne was cool. There was a massive and awesome cathedral, which I actually never set foot in. There was a line. Do they think I have time for ...

... first night there they took us out to an art exhibition/party at a Museum that was located right next to the huge Cologne cathedral. There was a live band and glorious German beer!!! Then next day Flo made us the greatest German breakfast (I have been ...

... child was happy to clean my shoe so it was just like getting an old fashioned shoe shine. I was told about the Dom (cathedral) of Cologne on the train and I thought it would be just like any other church, but I was faced with a stark difference when ...

... a Cardigans concert last night. Other than that I have been to a museum or two and I managed to convince myself to climb the 509 cathedral steps. On top of this I have also discovered a new band! Karaoke was pretty good fun except for the DJ. We got ...

... , and checking out all of the classical, baroque, neoclassical, and gothic architecture to be found- I love the famous Koln Cathedral. This trendy town has more than its own fare share of fine galleries and museums to fill your days before and after ...