Köln - Was für eine Stadt!

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Köln is such a wonderful city, a quick ICE train got me here. Today has been wonderful seeing the beautiful Dom, a Stadtrundfahrt and the Germans beat Portugal 4-0 at a Public Viewing with some friendly Germans I met on the street. I am about 90% adjusted to the time change here. Going through Germany reminded me a lot of the Ohio country side from Frankfurt to Köln.

I did find something eye opening outside my hostel today though, we talked about these in German class at Kent, but I found 4 copper/bass (?) bricks in the road listing the names of the four people who previously resided here and were killed in Auschwitz.

It also seems Germans like to honk at people who do not go right when the light turns green, in their defence the light turns red and yellow to let driver know light is about to change.

I also some people working on the towers of the Kölner Dom and was glad that was not my job, it is the second largest cathedral in the world (only after Rome) and a lot of the bricks are black from emissions and coal burning.



https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Mpv0-G8xpjQ

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Photos

Dom from Hohenzollern Bridge
Walking back from public showing

Hohenzollern Bridge
Locks along whole bridge over Rhine river with names of couples

Dom
People are working on top right tower

3 wise men
are said to have been kept in this box!