Cologne, Germany

Location: Cologne, Germany
Date visited: April 2013

The Cologne Cathedral Treasury is full of bejeweled golden goodies, most of which contain body parts from saints. Glitzy and creepy, all in one.

Cologne, Germany

Location: Cologne, Germany
Date visited: April 2013

Cologne Cathedral is probably the most impressive church I've ever entered. It's simply amazing. I tried to include the most representative pictures but photos just do not do it justice. Every corner reveals more amazing art and architecture. Definitely somewhere worth seeing. The boat tour on the Rhine, however, was less interesting. We mostly went on it as an excuse to get my husband off his feet for a while.

Cologne, Germany

Location: Cologne, Germany
Date visited: April 2013

The NS Documentation Center is a Socialism museum housed in an old Gestapo prison. The graffiti on the walls of the basement cells was haunting, but the upper floors had no English signage. It appeared to be an in-depth history of the Nazi party, but since everything was in German we didn't really know what was going on. It's something that I'm glad I visited, but I would have gotten so much more out of it had I been able to read the captions.

Cologne, Germany

Location: Cologne, Germany
Date visited: April 2013

Gross Sankt Martin isn't the most impressive church in Cologne, but it's still quite lovely to visit. My favorite pamphlets to include in these spreads are ones that include photographs of the interiors, especially big panoramas that really show the scope of the place.