Cologne. We arrived at Cologne at the main train station, in downtown. The train ride in was absolutely beautiful. Most of it was right along the banks of the Rhine River, there were castles across the river built into the steep hillside, and where there weren’t castles, there were vineyards going straight up the hill. When we got off the train and out of the station, I walked out of the door and looked straight up to see the most magnificent man made structure I have ever seen in my entire life. The Cologne Dome was built over 500 years ago, and it is more breath taking than any modern building that I’ve ever seen. It towers up above any building in downtown Cologne. Originally, it was an all white building, but pollution has turned it
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