Cologne is a city that amazes immediately when leaving the railway station, since the famous Cologne Cathedral is tested. Near the cathedral, there are always many people, not only tourists, but also various fabulous characters who offer to take a picture with you. By the way, do not get to the wiring, on which we fell. Near the cathedral stood 3 Angel, who called the Russians in the purest Russian. We asked how much photography is worth, they say 2 euros. Well, OK, a photo with angels on the background of the cathedral would be by the way. Photographed, we started throwing out to score 2 euros. We were 5 people, but here the Russians suddenly have sharply forgotten Russian and began to speak with us on broken English and German, such as 2 euros should give every person. At the same time, they grabbed us by arms and took the camera. We barely bathed from them, did not pay anything, but simply removed photos and everything. Then, they tried to bypass such a named.
The Cologne Cathedral is very beautiful, both outside and inside.
Inside there are relics of some saints, many icons. Also, at the entrance there are brochures in Russian, which are told about the history of the cathedral. On the other side of the cathedral, if the entrance to the highest point of the cathedral. It cost about 7-10 euros, but we made a discount, as students. It will be necessary to go up by screw and terribly narrow staircase and very high. It is said that there are about 20 thousand steps. Rising, you will find yourself in the bell tower. Throwing a coin, you can make the bell call. Further, there is another staircase, already iron, which leads to the balcony. The view of it, of course, is stunning, but the whole city is not visible anyway. But all houses and buildings are built in the Romanesque style.
Near the cathedral there is a street with shops of famous budget brands, type of burdens, H & M and others. If all the time go straight and not to turn off the shopping street, you can come to the large shopping center.
But build a picnic on the banks of the Rhine will not work, since almost the entire embankment is covered with asphalt, and very few green plantings. Germans were even put benches for vacationers.
In Cologne, we stayed 2 days, which was enough to get around the city along and across on foot.