We arrived in Vons and were bussed to Cologne. Our guide walked us through the streets to the Dom. He took us around the old town area, however 97% of the city was destroyed in WW2. The reason was that the Germans heavily bombed London and so the Allied forces chose Cologne as the retribution city and put it in the news. The thought is that the spires of the Dom acted as a wind break for the missiles and so the spires survived. Germany moved all of their troops across a bridge but left one tank and a few soldiers behind them blew up the bridge. The Allied forces captured a German tank and drove it into the region. The German soldiers thought it was one of their own and didn’t fire - to their demise. The Germans, knowing that Cologne was going to be bombed, moved many of the stained glass windows and other artifacts to secret locations and were able to rebuild the cathedral and replace the windows.
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| The relics of the three kings in the Cologne cathedral |
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| Standing on their feet means you’ll return to Cologne. Grabbing the nose of the one on the left means you’ll be successful in love. Grabbing the nose of the one on the right means you’ll be rich. |
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| A Roman ruin in a parking garage below the Dom. The Dom’s foundation location was chosen because of the Roman ruins there - very sturdy. |
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| We bought two incense figurines. |
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| Inside the Cologne Dom |
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| The spires as our tour group approached |
We met Petra, Jana, and Marit and we had a few drinks and a great time.
We had a traditional German dinner and a beer pub crawl in the evening.
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