Cologne times 2

Well we are here in Cologne. We have used it as kind of a rest break. We have been going 100 mph and needed a break. We showed up and found our hostel that ended up being an apartment that we rented!!! Love it!


After we found our apartment we hung out a bit and rested. After our break we headed to a local Irish bar to eat and watch the football game. As usual, Ireland lost :(
The bar was just like Ireland. We had a blast! And we were reminded how small the would is. Our bartender is from Houston. We got to talking and he told us another of the bartenders was from Amarillo!!! As he was telling us that the guys father walked in and we all got to talking. Low and behold, Celeste is friends with the fathers sister, who lives in Lubbock! So the g called his sister and let Celeste surprise her! The faith was the nicest person ever! He is retired and lives half his year in Germany taking care of his sons wife who has Cologne cancer. It was such a sad story but he was such a kind soul. We sent the night drinking good beer, watching football, and chatting with a bunch of people from Texas!

Day 2 in Cologne
We slept in pretty late today because it was raining in the morning. I spent the morning reading a relaxing. When we finally got up we grabbed a bite to eat and toured the giant cathedral called the dome. It was very tall and there was a bunch of steps to climb! It is the only thing that was not bombed in the town.















After viewing the dome we headed of to get some work done. We took the metro across town to a giant park to find some playgrounds. There was about 4-5 that we found but they were a little disappointing. Not the best playground we have found so far. Still better than anything we have in Lubbock.






On our walk back to find our way home, Celeste stepped on a tile that was loose and ate it pretty had in the middle of the walk path! Fortunately we had a good laugh and she walked away with just a few scrapes.




Tonight we are heading back to the Irish bar to watch some football and then after the game........ We are watching German karaoke!!!!!!!!!! Should be a good night!
Ok the game was wonderful! England vs. sweden. Close game all night. We didnt stay for the singing because the bar was crazy and we have to get up early tomorrow to catch the train. I am off to bed. Night night

Thanks for reading.



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Location:Cologne, Germany