Grand Gothic on the Rhine

(C) THOUGHT FOR THE DAY -- The Germans did a good thing when they finished the Koln Cathedral and made it free for visitors.  Thanks Germans.

And of course, the old Roman ruins.

But 502 stairs and schnitzel?!  The oompa marching band doing the 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 to climb to the top nearly killed us. Luckily, the German restaurants around here were not in short supply, so we had a light lunch of beer, fried meat, and potatoes. Gotta love this country.

Blurry, but in there are the 3 wise men

Church facade

I wonder if he has kindersnacks in here?

If I climb another stair, I'll die

Moose of the Roman gate

Sara posing with "Dicke Pitter"

Sara posing with antlers.

St. Christopher guarding the travelers at Koln

The Lowenbrau biergarten in Koln

This could be a place of historical importance

Us on the roof at Koln

View from the top

We pretty much have the best hair in Europe

Whoawhoawewhoa - as Borat would say