Weekend in Koln!!
Didn't find Adrienne and Benny on the train to Koln (Cologne in English) until I got up to go to the bathroom and look who it was... two little Asian Waterloo Architecture students watching Glee in the train corridor, having been kicked out of their seats :(
Arriving at Koln Central Station
Today is the first Sunday of advent - CHRISTMAS IS COMING!! Decorations flooded the train stations.
Adrienne and I stayed at Pathpoint Youth Hostel. Ours was full so we couldn't all stay at the same one - Benny stayed at one called The Black Sheep... well for one night at least :P
At a bar with people we met at Benny's hostel (one was taking the picture) - they were from Hungary studying to be Doctors
After the bar Benny, Adrienne and I went for some dancing and drinks at CentClub. They played GOOD music. We had a blast. We stayed until about 3:30am then Adrienne and I left to go back to our hostel while Benny apparently stayed longer...
...and the phone call I got Saturday morning sounded like:
Benny: "Jen, why am I in the hospital?"
Jen: "Benny! Why are you in the hospital?"
So Adrienne and I headed to meet Benny at St. Hildegardis Anlieferung Hospital
L: Where Benny paid to spend the night (aka Black Sheep Hostel)
R: Where Benny spent the night (aka St. Hildegardis Anlieferung Hospital)
No coat? Benny made the gymnastics sweater work!!
Once Adrienne and I gathered Benny, we headed for the Christmas Market
Then went to the Kolumbia Museum
Beautiful building! Gorgeous minimalism design. The floors had been pulled away from the walls creating a gap around each room, which was so subtle, yet made such an impact on the feel of the space.
Koln Central Station
Dinner at Oscars
Koln Cathedral: Kolner Dom
I've been to mass in English, Dutch, Spanish and now German :)
Beautiful Cathedral
Walked up all 533 steps up the Dom Tower
Koln from the top of the Dom
Christmas Market
Prague has a CN Tower wannabe, and apparently so does Koln
THE BELL
Wallraf das Museum
Christmas Market
I'm so in the Christmas mood!
Train ride home :)
Great weekend! I'm really in the Christmas spirit now. Christmas market was so fun. Met people at Benny's hostel. Went dancing at the club. Visited the hospital (while figuring out how to get to the hospital, we realized hospitals aren't marked on the tourist attraction maps haha). Got to go to Mass at the Koln Cathedral. Got a good workout in walking up to the top of the Dom Towers. Quiet train ride home and tomorrow is Lady Gaga in Rotterdam! It'll be a late night tomorrow, especially after such a busy weekend.
It's all worth it. It's Europe. Make the most of every opportunity.
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