Cruise along the
Rhine this morning,
arriving just after breakfast in Cologne.
Disembark for your walking tour of this gem of the Rhine.
Stroll through Old Town past St. Martin’s Church
and spend some time inside Cologne’sDom,
a remarkable Gothic cathedral.
The rest of your day is free to explore the
dockside taverns, cafés and shops.
Two Meter Peter
(see People) led an excellent tour for an hour -
Christmas markets, museums, sites to see, general cultural info
Dom Cathedral - more than the eye, and camera, can accurately capture
a busy Sunday Cathedral schedule, with tourists
looking up through another couple feet of spire
Tim & Jim by the large bell that rarely clangs
an elaborate timepiece to marvel at
a gossamer veil on Dom Cathedral
three dates of construction
Bladur moored, left-upper-center; view from 600 steps up Cathedral
a discovered Roman mosaic, around which a museum is built
a Kolsch brauhaus, the first of our Beer Culture stops
coasters from each of our four Kolsch tour stops