Arriving in Köln we were greeted by the magnificent Dom Cathedral, a large beautiful structure right next to the train station. However after arriving at our hotel we found ourselves so happy to have top notch accommodation we spent the rest of the afternoon there! After a few bottles of wine scored from the next door gas station we headed out to watch the fireworks.I certainly wasn't expecting what I saw. I was expecting a formal fireworks display over the river, what we got was thousands of people lining the river and bridges letting off individual fireworks. The effect was incredible. And the fireworks weren't just those crappy ones you get in NZ but the big sky rockets and double happy fireworks.
It was carnage, fireworks going off all around and people everywhere. I'd never seen or heard anything like it before in my life. It was so much fun.
Some of the big crackers were thrown into the railway tracks on the bridge and they made a hefty bang that made me jump every time. Nick and I had so much fun that night. Sorry we didn't get any photos of the fireworks, I have some videos though but bit tricky to upload to the blog.
The mess left behind was crazy, fireworks shells everywhere!
2 comments:
Dear Rach, Lovely surprise you went to Koln - I was there in 1966 and I'm sure there are many changes since then; but, I still had a good time there as well. It was summer and we were hitchhiking round Europe and stayed in the Youth Hostel there which was an old castle!! x x mm
Wow that would have been great. We didn't stay in hostels this time, we had a great deal on a nice hotel which is the best way to end a two week holiday :)
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