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(Or How to Spend 15 Minutes in Cologne)
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Going from Stuttgart to Bonn required changing trains in Cologne, which is
just north of Bonn.  We had 15 minutes or so free and right in front of 
the Cologne train station of HbF (Köln Hauptbahnhof for short) is the 
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cologne_Cathedral">Cologne 
Cathedral</a> (of Saint Peter).  It's a big church (one of the biggest)
whose construction began in 1248 (though previous churches had been on
that site) and was completed in 1880.  It was damaged, but not destroyed,
in World War II and post-war repairs were completed in 1956, though 
repair and maintenance has been going on continuously since then.  It
was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996.
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Given the people around, the site of the church, and the train we had
to catch, I had only enough time to take a few pictures from the outside
with the cellphone camera.

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001-cologne_church_Panorama: 2 picture composite.  The entrance is under
rennovation, covered by a gray banner showing how it will look when 
the work is done.  I never got that close to it, so I didn't realize
it was a banner.
IMG_20230320_091505466_HDR: Wide angle shot and yup, that's my finger 
in the corner. I was still trying to figure out how the camera worked.
IMG_20230320_091623824: Close up of the front with scaffolding.  Poor 
image quality.
IMG_20230320_091628778: Close up of the stonework and windows.
IMG_20230320_091739002: Hey WAIT a second, that's just a picture!
IMG_20230320_091754953_HDR: The top of the entrance with various graven
images.
IMG_20230320_092720746_HDR: The Cologne train station.  The camera
does better with color.


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