Koln! Childhood Memories....

I spent 5 years living in Koln, from when I was 5 until I was 10 when I came to Canada. Going back was a little strange, I havent been back since I left almost 19 years ago. I was excited if it actually was how I remembered it to be.

Fireworks Festival

German Heart Cookies! They are huge.

We stayed right by the Cologne Dome which is a huge cathedral and which took 600 years to build, unfortunatley it was destroyed in World War II but not pulverized, so they began to rebuild it once again. It is huge, if you stand directly under it it looks as if it is falling down on you. Inside the Dome it is said that the bones of the three wise men are kept beneath the altar. Coincidenatly the night we got in there was a festival that night called Die Kolner Lichter, which translates to the Cologne lights. It is a fireworks festival right on the river Rhein. We partied with about 500 000 people! The fireworks were all done to music and were amazing, they put about 7 tonnes of fireworks on one boat and then anchored the boat in the middle of the Rhein and set them off at 11:30 pm, for a half an hour show. We ate pretzels,drank beer and enjoyed the show.

The Mouse from Die Sendung mit der Maus

The next day we took the tram to Weiden, which is a suburb of where I grew up. I realized that when I was little I didnt really venture out of this area, the rest of Cologne didnt look familiar at all.

Ewas old appartment building, on the left third floor

Ewas elementary school

We visited the church where Mike and I had our communions, our old appartment, kindergarten and school. It was pretty nice to walk around in a place where you havent been for so long and so little had changed. It was Sunday and the neighborhood seemed very quiet perfect for exploring. It was awesome to show Chad where I grew up and relive that time with him.

Ewas kindergarten play area

At the neighbor hood pub in Weiden

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ECRadventure on July 12, 2009 from Koln, Germany

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