Day trip to Koln

Here are some pictures of Koln, like I promised. I'm pretty proud of myself for getting them up the same day I wrote about it :)

It turned out to be a lovely day, I was so happy the weather was nice! Koln is a very pretty city and I really enjoyed my day there. I walked along the Rhine river for a while and just took my time. There are a lot of boats that go up and down the river. The pictures of the Dom Cathedral make it look very old, and part of it is. But the city and cathedral were almost completely destroyed in WWII, after being bombed by allies retaliating for the bombs in London. So a lot of the city's structure and buildings are newer, but you can tell what has been preserved. There's a lot of shopping in Koln, but on Sundays all the stores are closed. It's probably a good thing, though! The weather turned bad early in the evening though, so I killed some time at the train station then headed home. I think it was a perfect amount of time spent there :)