Rhine River Cruise

 Day 4 - Cologne - Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Up earlier than necessary but had a good night's sleep. Ate breakfast and then at 10:00 went to get seats for today's talk Germany Today. We learned all about their government, education system, taxes, leisure activities and most importantly the beer or should I say bier. At noon we went to lunch and while there watched the ship dock at Cologne. At 1:30 the walking tour of Cologne began. Cologne is a 2000 year old city but it was heavily bombed in WWII and almost everything except the Cologne Cathedral was destroyed. The cathedral is a huge Gothic structure with beautiful stained glass windows and two tall spires. We walked through the old town and also saw St. Martin's Church. We learned about eau de Cologne started by Farina in the city of Cologne in 1709. After walking around the historic district we stopped for some Kolsch which is their preferred type of beer served in 6.8-ounce glasses. Back to the ship to get ready for dinner and tomorrow in Koblenz.

Views of Cologne

St. Kunibert Basilica, Romanesque Church

Moulin Rouge - Rhine - Cologne Germany 

Old town Cologne

Great St. Martin Church

Richard and Peachy

Historic old tavern, Cologne (Koln), Germany

Ostermann Fountain - celebrating the 5th
season of the year - Carnival

Tuennes and Schael are 2 figures from the
puppet theater of Cologne

 Bob and Col finding a bit of shade - 
It was in the 80's this week

Jan von Werth Statue in Alter Markt -
Jan was rejected by Griet because he was poor -
returned later to show his success

Gutter Shitter - need I say more

Tower clock of Cologne City Hall

Cathedral of Cologne

Coat of Arms Cologne

Eau de Cologne by Farina 4771

Cathedral of Cologne

Attentive listeners - Richard, Peachy,
Col and Bob

Beautiful stain glass windows

Beautiful stain glass windows

Relics of the Three Magi

Celebrating a wedding

Back on the ship

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