Monthly Archives: November 2012

Rhine River Cruise, Day Five (Part Three): Outside the Cologne Cathedral (Kolner Dom)

Posted on November 24, 2012 by crowcanyonjournal

It stopped raining during our visit inside the Cologne Cathedral and so I was able to walk around comfortably and take a few photos of the western and southern facades of the building. After lunch the Felicity departed for the … Continue reading →

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Rhine River Cruise, Day Five (Part Two): Inside Cologne Cathedral (Kolner Dom)

Posted on November 16, 2012 by crowcanyonjournal

The Cologne Cathedral was the fourth cathedral we visited on our seven-day trip down the Rhine River. It was for a time the tallest building in the world and still is the largest Gothic church in northern Europe. It also … Continue reading →

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Rhine River Cruise, Day Five (Part One): Cologne

Posted on November 15, 2012 by crowcanyonjournal

Question of the day: What do Napoleon Bonaparte, Voltaire,  Goethe, Beethoven, Kaiser Wilhelm I,  Mark Twain,  Marlene Dietrich, Oscar Wilde,  Indira Gandhi, and Princess Diana have in common? Answer: They were all customers of Farina Eau De Cologne, the world-famous … Continue reading →

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Rhine River Cruise, Day Four (Part Three): Koblenz

Posted on November 3, 2012 by crowcanyonjournal

The Upper Middle Rhine Valley UNESCO World Heritage site begins at Rudesheim and ends 65 kilometers downstream where the Rhine and Moselle rivers meet at Koblenz. We counted castles and listened to Dragan, our cruise director, narrate the legend of … Continue reading →

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