So I have some time to catch-up on my post from yesterday. Three of us decided to do Germany; my first time, so I was anxious to check it off my list. We started in Aachen which is just across the western German border. On the ~two hour drive, we actually passed through the Netherlands, so I can count that country too... Anyway, the drive was easy, no border crossings/posts at all. We found a place to park and just started walking around with no specific destination in mind. The middle picture on the last post is the main cathedral in Aachen. There was a small square near the church and a few nice streets (picture three from the last post), but the town seemed to have more new stores, etc.
We stayed for two hours and then headed to Cologne (Koln) which was about 45minutes east on the Rhine River. Cologne was much bigger and had a mix of old squares and newer development. We parked in the tightest parking garage ever and then started walking towards a cathedral we could see. We had a great German lunch; I had pork sausage with potatoes and a few beers (the beer was much lighter than most of the Belgium beers; it wasn't as good either). We walked around more and then got caught in the first rain we've seen since being here. We found a window awning, thinking the rain would be short lived. After about 10 minutes, it started raining as hard as I've ever seen it rain. We decided it was time to find a store to run into and made it just as the winds picked-up. It was pretty crazy and ended up staying like that for at least half-an-hour. As Germany had a World Cup soccer game, we decided it would be fun to find a bar and watch the game. Luckily Germany won and it was pretty neat being able to experience it with the Germans. It took awhile to get back on the highway as everyone was driving around celebrating. Good time overall.
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