Ancient Brewhouse
Medieval Buildings in the Old Quarter
Medieval Buildings 2
Chinese Restaurant in a Medieval Building
Guildhouse, Cologne
Cologne Cathedral and the Rhine Bridge
Cologne Cathedral from the Railway Station exit
Cologne Cathedral
Front view of Cologne Cathedral
Looking up the front of Cologne Cathedral
Another view of the Exterior
Cologne Gargoyle
Entrance Doors, Cologne Cathedral
Cologne Cathedral Nave
Cologne Stained Glass Window
Cologne Stained Glass 2
Cathedral Carving
Cologne Cathedral Bell
Cathedral Graffiti
Rhine River from Cathedral
Rear View of Cologne Cathedral
Cologne Skyline from across the Rhine
Whimsical sculpture on the Rhine Rover Bridge

Cologne

Dale Dunlop

Dale Dunlop The Maritime Explorer

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Saturday, February 1st, 2014

I visited Cologne as a boy with my grandparents and never forgot the overpowering immensity of its great Gothic cathedral. Recently, due to the vagaries of traveling on points I found myself at Dusseldorf airport with a long layover before heading on to Rome. Not wanting to waste the day I took the train to Cologne which stops virtually across the street from the cathedral and spent the day exploring the old part of the city. The only sour note was the terrible graffiti that marred the belfry. Why anyone, religious or not, would want to deface a beautiful cathedral is beyond me.

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