 Tower of Gross St Martin |
 Cologne Cathedral from the Rhine River |
 Cologne Cathedral and Museum of Modern Art in the foreground |
 Cologne's Main Train Station |
 Detail of the Cologne Cathedral |
 Twin Towers of the Cologne Cathedral |
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 THIS person is our tour guide?? |
 Interior of Cologne Cathedral |
 Cologne Cathedral construction was begun in 1243 and was halted in 1473. Construction work restated in the 19th century and completed to the original plan in 1880. |
 The "swallows nest" organ was built in 1958 |
 The Cathedral was damaged by bombs during WW2 and repairs were completed in 1956 |
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 Statue of St Christopher |
 The only known church that has a translucent clock built into the walls |
 The latest stained glass window known as the "pixel window" was completed in 2007. The original window was destroyed in WW2 |
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 The Madonna of Milan and an ancient altar screen |
 Main altar with the Shrine of the 3 Kings |
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 Main nave of the Cathedral |
 Shrine of the 3 Kings |
 Cataflague in a side altar of the Cathedral |
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 Altar piece of the Poor Clares' |
 Historic Town Hall |
 Detail of the Town Hall tower. Note the arrogant person below the clock who is believed to have been modeled after a town burger. |
 Wecome to Amsterdam! This a replica of a VOC ship of the East India Company in Amsterdam Harbor |
 Amsterdam Central Train Station |
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 Typical houses in Amsterdam |
 An Amsterdam butcher shop |
 Typical Amsterdam street |
 Notice how the houses lean in different directions |
 Amsterdam has many canals flowing through various parts of the city |
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 Houseboats are quite common on the canals |
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 There are also service boats of various types moored in the canals |
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 Looking towards the Noorderkerk in the Jordaan district |
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 The Noorderkerk |
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 More leaning houses |
 Looking toward the Westerkerk on the Prinsengracht |
 A little color during the season |
 Hoist points on the buildings to get furniture in and out of the narrow houses |
 Leaning left and right |
 The main form of transportation in Amsterdam |
 One room "houses" which have about 300 square feet of living space in a courtyard |
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 More leaning buildings |
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 Tower of the Westerkerk |
 The Westerkerk behind the Anne Frank house and museum |
 Many swans inhabit the canals |
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 A new start in life and a happy ending to our trip |
