Limburg, Hessen, Germany Hoped the train for a full day of travel to the home of Karlo and Barbara Sondermann, people that my parents and grandparents have known for nearly 30 years. To say that we were comfortable and well fed would be an understatement. It was a bit more like my mother, father and sister suddenly spoke German. We were also kept very busy - there’s a lot to see in the 5-metropolis area! Karlo and Barbara took us in to the city of Cologne (Köln) on the 24th of February, an *extremely* cold day. We admired the Dom Cathedral inside and out, then walked around the corner to the Römisch Germanisches Museum, where we learned all about the ancient roman city Cologne developed from. It was a long museum. By the end, we needed
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