Day 9 – A medieval Skyscraper
Today we went to Koln, which is a city of about a million people near Remshide. The first thing that we noticed when we arrived was the huge cathedral with 2 towers that were lightly the tallest building around (and it was not a small city). We walked through a chrisms market to get there and went inside. The inside was very impressive and had huge stranded glass displays and a very high stone roof. There we found out that the cathedral had taken over 600 years to build (due the construction stoping for about 200 years). The building was con pelted in the 1800s and was entirely made of stone. we were also very impressed about just how detailed the exterior was. It was covered in stone fingers and models. We then decided to head up one of the spires, which apparently is about 270m tall and we had to climb 533 steps. the view from the top was extremely interesting and we spent a lot of time looking down. It was a lot like standing on the roof off a skyscraper and looking of the edge. after that we headed down the tower to eat. We found a place that apparently my Dad had been to 25 years earlier when he came to Germany. The there was good and we left feeling very full. On the way back to the car we walked through several christmas markets. And I brought a clay water tower that you can put a candle in. we then headed home a mucked around until it was time to sleep.
