Day 11 - Cologne

What a beautiful site to wake up & see the Koln Cathedral out our window! We're right along the walking/running path used by the locals in the early morning.

This is getting to be an old story - the weather is horrible! About 50-55 deg & rainy! Met a local guide at 9am did a general tour of the Old Town with an emphasis on Jewish History. These is  an acrcheological dig going on in the area of the Jewish Quarter & a museum being built on part of the site. In 1937/8 there were 20,000 Jews in Cologne. At the end of the war, around 50 survivors. The guide did an excellent job of presenting the information.

We then toured the massive cathedral where it is said relics of the 3 Magi are housed. It took 600 yrs to complete the cathedral & then it was nearly destroyed in WWII as was 90 % of the city.

More tomorrow, nite folks@