The following pictures all come from the Choclate Museum that we visited.
The first picture is the most elegant chocolate cake we have ever seen in a beautiful cafe called the Cafe Reichard. We felt like we stepped back in time in this cafe because of its 19th origins. This is a hollow chocolate rooster from the chocolate museum. It the biggest peice of chocolate we had ever seen until we realized they have a chocolate bunny about three times this size.
The picture above and below show the biggest
chocolate fountain we have ever seen. It was at
least 12 ft tall and held several gallons of the best chocolate we had ever tasted.
The picture below shows a part of the
chocolate production process.
Above are a couple of pictures some of the architecture in the city.
The rest of the pictures are of the cathedral (The Dom). It is massive and absolutely gorgeous. The architecture is amazing. Its somewhat breathtaking when because you walk out of the train station and the first thing you see is this huge cathedral right in front of you. They started building it in 1248 and finished it in 1880.
These two pictures are from the top of the cathedral.
Again, these are from the roof of the cathedral. You can pay a Euro and they let you take the 509 stair hike to the roof in a small round staircase. We were tired and sore afterwards from the hike. The view from the roof allowed us to see the whole city and was spectacular. The picture on the left is looking down at the train bridge on the Rhein River. The picture on the right is looking down onto the roof of the other part of the cathedral.
There was a keyhole type window on the roof that I took the picture on the left out of. It turned out to be a really cool picture. The picture on the right is looking up from the roof on one of the towers. The whole roof was covered with these bars to prevent people from falling or jumping.
The picture on top is at the very top of the cathedral looking up into the tallest tower. The one on the bottom is of Sarah and Marijke climbing the last part of the 509 step spiral staircase. That was a tiring hike!
Both of these pictures are inside the cathedral where mass takes place. Look at the people and it will give you an idea of how tall the ceilings are in this place.
The picture on the left is a pure gold box that holds the scriptures of the three kings. The picture on the right is the tile floor in the cathedral. It is made of thousands of very small tiles that make these designs.
More pictures inside of the cathedral. Notice the paintings on the walls on the left. Also, notice the colors on the pillars in the picture on the right. These stones are just normal stones, but when the sun shines through one of the big stain glass windows the walls turn colors like this.
A couple of pictures of the stain glass windows.
More of the stain glass windows and architecture inside of the cathedral.
The picture on the left again shows the colors the stain glass windows produce. The one on the right is the outside of the cathedral.
More pictures in front of the cathedral. The one on the left has Sarah, Lisa, Marijke and Steffie jumping in front of the cathedral.
More of the outside of the cathedral.
This is one of Sarah and I on the train ride home. We love their trains here. They really have a great transportation system.
These two pictures are from the top of the cathedral.
Again, these are from the roof of the cathedral. You can pay a Euro and they let you take the 509 stair hike to the roof in a small round staircase. We were tired and sore afterwards from the hike. The view from the roof allowed us to see the whole city and was spectacular. The picture on the left is looking down at the train bridge on the Rhein River. The picture on the right is looking down onto the roof of the other part of the cathedral.
There was a keyhole type window on the roof that I took the picture on the left out of. It turned out to be a really cool picture. The picture on the right is looking up from the roof on one of the towers. The whole roof was covered with these bars to prevent people from falling or jumping.
The picture on top is at the very top of the cathedral looking up into the tallest tower. The one on the bottom is of Sarah and Marijke climbing the last part of the 509 step spiral staircase. That was a tiring hike!
Both of these pictures are inside the cathedral where mass takes place. Look at the people and it will give you an idea of how tall the ceilings are in this place.
The picture on the left is a pure gold box that holds the scriptures of the three kings. The picture on the right is the tile floor in the cathedral. It is made of thousands of very small tiles that make these designs.
More pictures inside of the cathedral. Notice the paintings on the walls on the left. Also, notice the colors on the pillars in the picture on the right. These stones are just normal stones, but when the sun shines through one of the big stain glass windows the walls turn colors like this.
A couple of pictures of the stain glass windows.
More of the stain glass windows and architecture inside of the cathedral.
The picture on the left again shows the colors the stain glass windows produce. The one on the right is the outside of the cathedral.
More pictures in front of the cathedral. The one on the left has Sarah, Lisa, Marijke and Steffie jumping in front of the cathedral.
More of the outside of the cathedral.
This is one of Sarah and I on the train ride home. We love their trains here. They really have a great transportation system.
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Hey you two! Looks like you are having a blast! I am so jealous!
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