Köln

After Amsterdam, we made a quick stop in Cologne, Germany. We started getting used to the cold weather and rain with our few previous cities and that carried over to Cologne. We found a cheap place to stay near the train station. We didnt really know what to do in the city, but heard it was a good place. The main thing I wanted to do was see the Rhine river because I learned about it in my German classes and had to recite a German poem about it.

Since it was raining, we didnt really feel like walking all around the city, so we deicded to go to the movies :) Wir war ins Kino gegangen! That means we went to the movies in German!! Its one of those beginner phrases that you learn in school and never think you'll use.... well I just used it! Frau would be proud! We saw Julie and Julia - in English! We actually had to run because we were already late, and it was raining, but we managed. We both decided the movie inspired us to cook more!
After the movie, we stopped at a little German restaurant on the way home for dinner. We both got some yummy Goulash soup and some typical Cologne beer.

We ended up spending two hours at the restaurant, eating, drinking and laughing (something we are very good at!) It was actually a really great evening!

This video shows you just how much fun we can have at a simple dinner :)

On the way back we stopped at a grocery store and stocked up on Ritter Sport - our favorite German chocolate! And went to bed.

The next morning we woke up and walked around the city before checking out. We walked to the Rhine river (yay!) and the Musical Hall, the HUGE Dom Cathedral which you can see from everywhere in the city, the Hohenzollern bridge and a few other things.

Just to give you a glimpse of how we have fun.... this man was the ticket guy at the train station... try not laughing when looking at his sweet hair!

It was a very quick trip, but it was fun!

Our last German pretzels :) YUM!

Now on to Paris!

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