home and around the city

Annette and her horse, things you see out on these small farm track, cars are banned from a lot of these small farm roads. the village is just over the hill the church spire is on her right shoulder,this is about 30 ks out of Koln towards Bonn, where she keeps her horse, it is very pretty out here and the tracks to ride thru the forest are vast,

this is how to buy fresh eggs. small village style.

Cologne, or koln. (ke-rn) 15 min train ride from home to the city centre , is Germany's main tourist town, they come to the Dom. one of the small streets in the old part of the city, the church spire is the black one in the photo below this, there is 5 churches in the city centre all Catholic,

the dom.on the river Rhine.

no shortage of bruhaus (beer houses)

this is how you buy smokes, every (nearly everybody) body smokes it is a 3rd world country with smoke laws.

the train bridge over the Rhine.

the dom. and Ludwig museum.

The Dom, UNESCO world heritage site. started in 1248 and with a few interruption finished in 1880, 144.5 mts long 86.5 wide and 157 tower height. 1880 - 1884 tallest structure in the world (Washington Monument) It is one of the largest churches in the world, and the largest Gothic church in north Europe. survived the war,

Not as much decorations inside as some we have seen, but other things were big,

Gig Glass windows

the cemetery out the back.

Thousand of statues they are all being cleaned some look very saintly amongst the dirty sinners.

the statues in marble inside are great.

the Mosaic floors are just fine small pieces of tiles that everybody walks on

its very hard to get it in your photos,