Mag, Callie, and I flew to the Frankfurt-Hahn airport for 20 euro round-trip and took a 2.5 hour bus ride to Cologne. We stayed at a hostel for 3 nights and came back with these pictures...
We slept overnight in the Dublin airport on the Starbucks chairs - started off our trip with a good night's sleep
Köln is Cologne in German
The Dom Cathedral is the most famous landmark in Cologne and it's a World Heritage Site. According to Wikipedia, it's visited by 20,000 people every day. We climbed to the top - 509 steps!
On the way up!
View from the top
Bell on the inside
Inside of the cathedral
Pipe organ on the inside - it's hard to tell, but the windows seen here are all stained glass
At the Bier Museum (and I got this scarf earlier in the day for only 2 euro!)
Fishing outside the Chocolate Museum
Oompa Loompa style
Free samples from the chocolate fountain!!
Hint, hint - Easter's coming soon!
Making truffles
Neumarkt Building with a fallen ice cream cone
Hohenzollern Bridge with love locks - all these padlocks have couples' names and anniversaries engraved or written on them
View of the Dom from the bridge
The elevator on the way up the Köln Triangle Panorama goes 4 meters/second and doesn't stop at any floors - just ground to the roof.
On top of the Triangle - the Rhine and the Dom
The 4711 House is where the first cologne was made - 4711 is the number given to the building by Napolean's forces when they were addressing the city. It's a store/museum that sells No. 4711.
This glockenspiel on the top of building chimes on the hour and Napolean's men and horses go around. We got there right on time to catch it.
No. 4711 always flows from the fountain inside the store. We rinsed our hands in it and smelled like cologne for the rest of the trip!
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No. 4711 always flows from the fountain inside the store. We rinsed our hands in it and smelled like cologne for the rest of the trip!
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The Saturn building is the world's largest record/CD/DVD store. I got a 2-CD Glenn Miller set for 3 euro!
The wiener schnitzel was great!! It came with potato croquettes (the things that look like breaded cauliflower) and salad. Mag got the plain schnitzel and I got Hawaiian schnitzel (the one that looks like it's covered in potato salad) that has cheese and pineapple on top.
Leaving our hostel: Callie, me, and Mag
With our friend Oleg (studied abroad at Mag's home college) who showed us around and translated for us
All the food was great. They have little bakeries on every street with fresh bread, rolls, and pastries. I had Berliners and some streudel and lots of soft bread. I had such a great time here - can't wait to go back and see more of Germany!
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