Travelog post for: Freya

Hi Mummy,
we went to Cologne today to attend a meeting of German members of a worldwide community for knitters and crocheters, also spinners. This meeting was taking place in the German Sports and Olympic Museum. To get there we had to cross river Rhine first.



You can see Cologne Cathedral and the old town and also excursion boats.



The bridge in the background is Hohenzollern bridge, the most heavily used railway bridge in Germany.





It was only a short walk along the river until we reached the German Raveler Meeting.



To show you that the meeting really was taking place in a museum we took a shot of Michael Schumacher's racing car.



We saw wonderful knitted clothings and tons of fantastic yarns.





There was also a contest for handcrafted things themed "I love Germany"



Lunch time!



Later we went to the city centre to have a look around.



The old town is situated along river Rhine. Cologne was originally founded by the Romans around the year 50 A.D. Although the city centre of Cologne was nearly wiped out in World War II there are still parts of medieval Cologne with its narrow lanes left.







This is Heumarkt, a famous place with lots of bars and restaurants.



Here you can find this equestrian sculpture of Frederick William III of Prussia, placed here in 1878 A.D.



The Cologne carnival is one of the biggest street festivals in Europe. There are shops selling costumes during the whole year.



We went to the shopping streets than. There is also a Hard Rock Cafe.





Of course Katja also showed us Cologne Cathedral, city's most famous monument.  It is a Gothic church, started in 1248, and completed in 1880. It is a World Heritage site since 1996. At the moment peace demonstrations are taking place on the large place in front of the cathedral.







Cologne Cathedral is called "the eternal construction site" because constructions works are taking place every time. Some building parts are placed on the ground.







We had to walk back to the car than which was parked on the opposite side of river Rhine. This time we used Hohenzollern Bridge to cross the river. Four equestrian statues showing Prussian emporers and family members of House of Hohenzollern are placed at both ends of the bridge.





The fences of the railway track are covered with love padlocks.









Good-bye Cologne!



Bye
Freya