Our final stop on the three week whirlwind Germany extravaganza was Cologne and Bonn. When in Cologne it is virtually impossible to not spend time in the Cologne Cathedral. The cathedral become one of the most significant places of pilgrimage in Europe in the 1100's because Emperor Frederick I (AKA Frederick Barbarossa) gifted the relics of the Magi to the Archbishop of Cologne. The Shrine of the Three Holy Kings (in the church) is the largest surviving European goldsmith work dating from the High Middle Ages. In 1996 the Cathedral was named a UNESCO World Heritage site.

The group arrived at the Hauptbahnhof and were immediately impressed with the size and scale of the cathedral

Inside it was hard not to be impressed with the attention to detail and the work involved in creating this incredible structure

It's kind of impressive when the floor you walk on is art

The relics of the magi are contained here

Like I mentioned before, it's kind of impressive when the floor you walk on is art

And again there are details inside and out that impress

And it kinda looks nice at night too...