Hi Mummy,
today we visited Cologne. We went there by bus. We arrived in Cologne at 10:30 a.m.
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city. It is one of the oldest cities in Germany, having been founded by the Romans in the year 38 BC. Cologne lies on the river Rhine. The city's famous Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cologne. It is a Gothic church, started in 1248, and completed in 1880. In 1996 it was designated a World Heritage site.
Katja had a wonderful surprise for us. We met fam-united and her family in Cologne! She was also showing Cologne to a lot of happy ToyVoyagers.
Of course we started our tour at Cologne Cathedral.
We wanted to take a look inside the cathedral but there was still church services going on, so we decided to walk around and have lunch first.
We walked to the river Rhine first. The old town is close to the river. A few excursion boats were waiting for passengers.
We found the perfect place to take photos with all ToyVoyagers, both Katja's and Petra's. Have you ever seen so many ToyVoyagers all at once?
We went back into town then to walk to the restaurant we had chosen for lunch. This restaurant belongs to a brewery, Mühlen Kölsch.
Of course we had a "Kölsch" there, a special beer which is only brewed in Cologne.
When we finished lunch we walked back to cathedral. Now we could view the inside.
Cologne Cathedral is one of the world's largest churches, being the largest Gothic church in Northern Europe. Construction, with interruptions, of the gothic church began in 1248 and took until 1880 to complete – a period of more than six hundred years. It is 144.5 metres long, 86.5 m wide and its two towers are 157 m tall.
After viewing the cathedral we went back into town again because the ladies were in need of coffee.
We found a nice cafe.
Here you can see Katja, Petra and all ToyVoyagers who visited Cologne today.
Now we had to walk to the central station. We had to get home by train, Petra and her family went home by car.
We took a last photo of the cathedral, this time even with both towers on the photo.
Here you can see the central station.
We said good-bye to all the other TVs and of course Petra and her family.
Bye