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Smells like Cologne
... cathedral on the spot was consecrated in 870. Cologne is Germany’s oldest major city, with its first urban settlement in Roman times, and rising to prominence in the Middle Ages. In 1164 Archbishop Rainald von Dassel transferred the bones of the Three Magi into this cathedral from Milan. A shrine was built to house the relics between 1164 and 1225. It is a gold shrine covered in jewels that looks like the arc of the covenant in the Raiders of the Lost Arc. ...
Snow , rain & 0 below
... later this day we are able to wander back through several areas by using it's tower as our landmark..
Inside the cathedral is amazing..the height of it's ceiling is amazing.. the organ pipes up so high would create such a presence. The stain glass windows are brilliant.. so many different designs telling their own part of history.
A brisk walk through the surrounding Cathedral xmas markets and we head up ...
Düsseldorfer Doofen
... market visit here. Fifteen minutes later I’m on a tortuously slow commuter train to Düsseldorf. When it finally pulls into Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof, I have just over an hour until my flight leaves. It was like something out of a bad romantic comedy as I sprint through the station to my hotel, retrieve my luggage, jump into a taxi and go “AIRPORT PLEASE, AND STEP ON IT!!!” (I’ve always wanted to do that, actually). Another ...
No more cakes for Del
... awareness of it so more and more foodstuffs will be available in this form. Also, healing will take place without the need for medication diet reforms should do it!
Steve wil still enjoy the warm apple strudel and stollen and that's okay (but even he is reading labels ) and overall it is all good! So when you see some photos of Del being 'naughty' with food it really is all for the camera!
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Brussels , Cologne, and snow between!!
... but no snow.. no rain either ..,. a good omen for a traveller. Off the train, out into the street and following Mr Google maps again found us at Hotel Madison, close to the station..certainly is .. think the shunting yards are out he back.. between that and the chimes of Cologne's main cathedral we will be entertained.
Cologne Cathedral dominates the inner city area.Built from 1248 to 1880 It is a ...