Germany 2013 Day 4 - Afternoon

I use the term afternoon loosely, because I got to Shane's work quite early and we pretty much had the entire day. It was fantastic. We went to spend some time in Bonn. Shane served there and we thought it would be fun to check it out and see the house of Beethoven and such. We went to a square where Shane went daily to proselyte and we found the street he lived on, but we couldn't find the exact number, so we took a picture by the street sign. We also stopped near Bonn at the Haribo Gummy Bear Store. They had more Haribo than I had ever seen in my life and we got soooo much! We expected it to be expensive and so when we heard the lady say $90, we were like crap, we don't have enough cash (because I left my purse at the hotel) and they didn't take cards. So we asked where the nearest bank was so we could get out cash from the ATM. What made us think $90 of candy was ok? I don't know, but we didn't want to put any back! Everyone looked at us like we were aliens like what is a bank? Shane said it in German and no one knew! Finally we found one and fought the rain to get to the ATM. We went back triumphantly to learn that our total was actually $19. Oops! Ohe well, I had gotten some for other people as well, so it was good to have extra cash I guess.

Be at Beethoven's door

It says it is Beethoven's house.

This beautiful little church was right by his home and it was being renovated to restore somethings. You could pay like 50 cents for a candle to light and that helped toward the renovations.

Ignore my hair in every picture, it was rainy. It would come and go, but there was no survival for the hair.

Beautiful flowers in the square for sale. Shane said it looked the same and that he loved all the fresh flowers each day.

Us with Beethoven

We had to take a picture of this because it reminded us of our nephews with our chickens.

Then we went back and walked around Cologne at night and tried some more brats and gelato. Those Germans love their mayo on fries. I love their tiny forks to eat the fries. I also loved the gelato, way better than the gelato here.

In Cologne we thought it would be fun to pose with the different statues. Some are behind us.

Brats round 2

Did not eat all the mayo, but loved the fork!

This character was everywhere

Kid door at the store

Funny poses around town.

Germany 2013 - Day 4 - MORNING

You see, there is a reason that journaling is encouraged as you do things...because two years later it is hard to remember all the amazing details!

The morning of the 4th day we went with Shane's coworker around the outer circle of Koln (Cologne). It used to have a half circle wall all around the city to protect it. The other half has the Rhine river so it didn't need a wall. At the main entrances are hug gates and they are pretty awesome. He also took us down by the river to see old architecture and some old buildings, some of which were covered by water at one time or another when the river would rise too high. 

This was on the side of a building and it marked where the water line had been at one point on the building.

 After the tour, Shane rode into work with him on the other side of the river. I stayed back and toured the first home of Cologne. It was created in Cologne of all places! They had some fun old advertisements and some other small things and downstairs was their shop where I got something for Shane and my mom. The location of it was Glockengasse 4711. Their main line is called 4711 after their address.

The day that Cologne was invented...my birthday! Not the year, but still the day! I'm famous!

This is an original bottle used.

Sorry for the rotation, but this sits in there for you to dip in and try the cologne.

This picture was for all my knitting friends and sister. There was more yarn in this store than I have seen in my life and it was in every color imaginable.

 After the Cologne I walked around some stores and buildings and took pictures and stuff. Then I wandered over to get my dream Nativity! The kind that look like a windmill on top and can turn. They look like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_pyramid

After getting my nativity I stopped for a Brat and sat by the river to eat it. Looking at the river and seeing all the beautiful buildings while eating my brat on a roll, I suddenly really felt like I was in Europe and I had to take a selfie! It was so fun!

After my quick lunch, Shane called and said he was done at work so I went to the hotel and dropped off my things and headed over the river to pick him up.