Cologne 2019--Cologne Cathedral

Cologne 2019--Cologne Cathedral

Cologne 2019--Cologne Cathedral insider's tour of the high reaches of the Cathedral--The lead roof

Cologne 2019--Cologne Cathedral insider's tour of the high reaches of the Cathedral--The roof walk

Cologne 2019--Cologne Cathedral insider's tour of the high reaches of the Cathedral--Flying buttresses

Cologne 2019--Cologne Cathedral insider's tour of the high reaches of the Cathedral--Under the roof, built in the 1800's of steel and wood

Cologne 2019--Cologne Cathedral insider's tour of the high reaches of the Cathedral--View from the modern steeple--the Rhine railroad bridge with the Cathedral roof in front

Cologne 2019--Cologne Cathedral insider's tour of the high reaches of the Cathedral--View from the modern steeple--the Rhine railroad bridge with the Cathedral roof in front

Cologne 2019--Cologne Cathedral insider's tour of the high reaches of the Cathedral--View from the modern steeple--the Rhine with the Cathedral roof in front, looking south (downriver)

Cologne 2019--Cologne Cathedral insider's tour of the high reaches of the Cathedral--View from the modern steeple--the Rhine looking downriver (south) with the Severin Bridge

Cologne 2019--Cologne Cathedral insider's tour of the high reaches of the Cathedral--View from the modern steeple--Cathedral roof in front looking north

Cologne 2019--Cologne Cathedral insider's tour of the high reaches of the Cathedral--View from the modern steeple--with the Cathedral roof in front looking west through the steeples

Cologne 2019--Cologne Cathedral insider's tour of the high reaches of the Cathedral--View from the modern steeple--with the Cathedral roof in front looking north over the railroad station

Cologne 2019--Cologne Cathedral insider's tour of the high reaches of the Cathedral--View from the modern steeple--with the Cathedral roof in front looking north over the railroad station with the Rhine river

Cologne 2019--Cologne Cathedral insider's tour of the high reaches of the Cathedral--View from the modern steeple--the Rhine railroad bridge with the Cathedral roof in front

Cologne 2019--Cologne Cathedral insider's tour of the high reaches of the Cathedral--View from the modern steeple--Cathedral roof in front looking north

Cologne 2019--Cologne Cathedral insider's tour of the high reaches of the Cathedral--View from the modern steeple--the Rhine with the Cathedral roof in front, looking south (downriver) past the Severin Bridge

Cologne 2019--Cologne Cathedral insider's tour of the high reaches of the Cathedral--View from the modern steeple--the Rhine with the Cathedral roof in front, looking south (downriver) past the Severin Bridge

ologne 2019--Cologne Cathedral insider's tour of the high reaches of the Cathedral--View from the modern steeple at the old steeples

Cologne 2019--Cologne Cathedral insider's tour of the high reaches of the Cathedral--View from the modern steeple at the old steeples

Cologne 2019--Cologne Cathedral insider's tour of the high reaches of the Cathedral--Looking westerly past the old steeple at the brown coal fields

Cologne 2019--Cologne Cathedral insider's tour of the high reaches of the Cathedral--Our tour group

Cologne 2019--Cologne Cathedral insider's tour of the high reaches of the Cathedral--Our tour group

Cologne 2019--Cologne Cathedral insider's tour of the high reaches of the Cathedral--Georg and Sandra's Jansen, Sandra mother, Marlise Gerards and Sandra's collegue from work

Cologne 2019--Cologne Cathedral insider's tour of the high reaches of the Cathedral--Renate Schneider and Joerg Goralewski coming down the staircase from the modern steeple

Cologne 2019--Cologne Cathedral insider's tour of the high reaches of the Cathedral--Herbert Jansen coming down the staircase from the modern steeple

Cologne 2019--Cologne Cathedral insider's tour of the high reaches of the Cathedral--Looking along the roofline at the top of the cathedral ceiling--note venting

Cologne 2019--Cologne Cathedral insider's tour of the high reaches of the Cathedral--Walking the outside roof line

Cologne 2019--Cologne Cathedral insider's tour of the high reaches of the Cathedral--Walking the outside roof line and looking over the old town

Cologne 2019--Cologne Cathedral insider's tour of the high reaches of the Cathedral--Walking the outside roof line and looking at the modern steeple

Cologne 2019--Cologne Cathedral insider's tour of the high reaches of the Cathedral--Prussion Eagle brought by workers in the 1800's

Cologne 2019--Cologne Cathedral insider's tour of the high reaches of the Cathedral--Gargoyle and Grotesques storage--all hand carved

Cologne 2019--Cologne Cathedral insider's tour of the high reaches of the Cathedral--Gargoyle and Grotesques storage--all hand carved. Even modern characters with a cell phone!

Cologne 2019--Cologne Cathedral insider's tour of the high reaches of the Cathedral--Gargoyle and Grotesques storage--all hand carved--and the tour group

Cologne 2019--Cologne Cathedral insider's tour of the high reaches of the Cathedral--The under roof structure

Cologne 2019--Cologne Cathedral insider's tour of the high reaches of the Cathedral--The under ceiling structure--again, note the venting

Cologne 2019--Cologne Cathedral insider's tour of the high reaches of the Cathedral--The newly renovated stained glass windows

Cologne 2019--Cologne Cathedral insider's tour of the high reaches of the Cathedral--View west

Cologne 2019--Cologne Cathedral insider's tour of the high reaches of the Cathedral--The Transcept with the new Richter window

Cologne 2019--Cologne Cathedral insider's tour of the high reaches of the Cathedral--The Transcept with the new Richter window

Cologne 2019--Cologne Cathedral insider's tour of the high reaches of the Cathedral--The Transcept with old stained glass windows

Cologne 2019--Cologne Cathedral insider's tour of the high reaches of the Cathedral--The Transcept towards the nave

Cologne 2019--Cologne Cathedral insider's tour of the high reaches of the Cathedral--Walking inside the nave wall

Cologne 2019--Cologne Cathedral insider's tour of the high reaches of the Cathedral--The Nave from the inside walk

Cologne 2019--Cologne Cathedral insider's tour of the high reaches of the Cathedral--The Nave from the inside walk

Cologne 2019--Cologne Cathedral insider's tour of the high reaches of the Cathedral--The flying buttresses looking to the roof

Cologne 2019--Cologne Cathedral insider's tour of the high reaches of the Cathedral--Inside the side chapel roof

Cologne 2019--Cologne Cathedral insider's tour of the high reaches of the Cathedral--Looking out over the railroad station

Cologne 2019--Cologne Cathedral at night

Cologne 2019--Our tour group at Sion's Koelsch pub.

Cologne 2019--Our tour group at Sion's Koelsch pub--Marlise Gerards, Georg Jansen, Carrol Benner Kindel and Joerg Goralewski

Cologne 2019--Our tour group at Sion's Koelsch pub--Renate Schneider, Debbie and Rick Schreiber and Sandra Jansen

Cologne 2019--Our tour group at Sion's Koelsch pub--Kirsten and friends from Bensburg

Cologne 2019--Our tour group at Sion's Koelsch pub--Herbert Jansen and friends from Bensburg