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| Chocolate Mousse Cake our landlord made..he is a baker on the side! |
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| Spirits! |
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| Fireworks! |
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| Moooore food! |
After New Years, Matt and I had one week together before he headed to SOS in Montgomery Alabama for 8 weeks. Matt was able to take 4 days of leave so that we could relax together before he left. We decided to go to the city of Koln (Cologne) to visit the Lindt Chocolate Factory Museum!
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| Me researching Koln before we got there! A shot of the city and the Cathedral |
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| Matt our captain (driver) and me as the navigator! |
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| A shot of the gas station where we are approved to get gas from at discounted prices...notice they have a subway!! |
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| Mom this shot is for you! Who knew QVC was in Europe too! |
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| On the autobahn getting closer to Koln...you can just see the beginning of the Dom |
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| Matt is great at backing our humungo jeep into these tiny european spaces! |
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| Next to the Lindt Factory is the German Olympic Museum |
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| This huge exhibit that looks like Noahs Arc..complete with animal noises being piped outside |
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| Blue skies...and LINDT! |
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| Chocolate store inside the Museum |
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| Yey Matt is so excited! |
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| Religious figurines from the Dom made out of Chocolate! |
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| This is in the cultural room..telling you all about the Coco Bean |
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| Antique chocolate molds |
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| GIANT CHOCOLATE FOUNTAIN! |
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| Me with my sample |
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| Toblerone wrapping machine |
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| Create your own Lindt Bar station |
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| All the fixings! |
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| Old chocolate vending machines |
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| All of the deliciousness in the cafe |
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| Happy Girl! |
It was a cold but nice day! We had a lot of rain on the way there but once we parked in Cologne the blue skies opened up! We also visit the Dom which is beautiful! It was started (being built) in 1248 an wasn't finished until the 1880s. It is one of UNESCOs World Heritage Sites (meaning something you need to see!) One of the most famous/important parts of the Cathedral is that it holds the Shrine of the Three Kings...which holds the remains of the Three Kings from the birth of Jesus. It is breath taking and I would definitely love to see it when it is sunnier out so that the sun can shine through its beautiful stained glass windows!
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| Walking on the way to the Dom along the Rein |
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| The Cologne Cathedral |
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| Inside |
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| Even the floors and ceilings were beautiful! |
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| Said a prayer and lit a candle for my Grandparents...Dorothy and Charlie Koban |
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| The one in the front middle all by itself |
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| Matts choice for lunch.. yeah yeah we know what you are thinking...but we dont get to eat this often...we have had it 3 times since we moved! |
