Cologne, Germany (Oct. 2010)
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Relaxing at a hockey game.
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The stands
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Krefeld Penguins vs. München
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Kegeln - Also known as 9-pins.
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The man behind me is Sasha (Sascha in Germany), a good friend of Christian, and the godfather of Christian's son Max.
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The Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) - 516 feet tall and took 632 years before it was completed in 1880.
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View of the flying buttresses.
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1856 - Prior to completion.
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c. 1900 - Today, still the largest Gothic structure in the world. (inset shows bird's eye view)
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Christian Boekelo and Heinz-Peter Assem (see description)
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Front entrance - The Cologne Cathedral was the tallest building in the world until the Washington Monument was built.
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Detail front entrance statues
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Facade detail
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Bell of St. Peter - 24 tons
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Vaulted ceiling in bell chamber. Inset shows a handful of the more than 500 steps to the top of the Cathedral.
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A close-up of the Rhine and Groß (Great) St. Martin from the top of the Dom.
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One of many of the Dom's pinnacles.
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Pinnacle detail
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Cologne - This is Germany's 4th largest city and counts somewhere around 1 million inhabitants.
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Going up?
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Modern water drainage and electrical cable visible.
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Nave - The flying buttresses keep the impossibly high ceiling from crashing down.
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The new organ was inaugurated 6/29/1998
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One of the many and enormous stained glass windows.
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Clerestory windows
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Choir loft
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The shrine of the Magi on the high altar is said to contain the bones of the Three Wise Men.
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Bavarian stained glass. 95% of the glass at the Cathedral is original, and is Bavarian glass.
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