This Saturday was my host-mothers birthday, and we took a visit to the the city of Cologne (in German: Köln). Cologne is the largest city in my home-state, North Rhine-Westphalia in western Germany, and is famous for its Catholic cathedral (in German: Dom). In addition to the Dom, we visited the Lindt Chocolate Factory.
Construction of the cathedral began in year 1248, however during World-War II many parts of the stain-glassed windows were destroyed and replaced. Cologne is the fourth largest city in Germany overall (and one of the oldest) with a population of over 1.8 million and the Dom receives more than 20,000 visitors a day.