Cologne, Germany.

We get off the train and the first thing we see is the Dom Cathedral. This structure is almost overwhelming. The detail is insane and it is all over, not a moment's rest! Just incredible…. and on a misty night it was quite eerie and almost foreboding. We (strictly among ourselves) had a running joke of pretending to be asshole American tourists so we kept commenting to one another, "yeah it's OK, but it's a bit… 'busy'."  We're fools.

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Love the architecture, love the colors…

When in Rome… er, Cologne.

Me, Nike and the subway.

This brought us at least 5 minutes of juvenile laughter in the grocery store aisle…. did I say we were fools?

OK. Berliners. Can we talk about these things?! They are like a jelly doughnut but beyond. It was love at first sight. I think we ate about 3 or 4 of these per day - and that was practicing moderation on my part! I want one now…

In the train station waiting to leave for Amsterdam… having devoured yet more berliners.

Amsterdam, Netherlands.

I love this city. Let's start with our accommodations here. We stayed on a houseboat… or 'boatel' as I heard it called. This in and of itself was pretty damn cool. And sort of funny… and surreal. But hey, why not?!? Our cabin was tiny, but we honestly didn't care because it was just fun, different. this is another place where we just walked around and photographed endlessly… and really froze our asses off! The bikes, the people, the dogs, the architecture, and of course the canals… love it all! I love that there are more bikes than cars. I definitely want to come back here in the spring or summer as I think it will be a totally different experience.

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Our 'boatel', the Vita Nova

Our cabin… maybe 6 feet x 6 feet?! (OK maybe a little bigger...)

 

The view from our boat.

Beautiful looking train station.

When I first saw this building I mistakenly thought the 'G' was a fancy 'C'.

On the escalator at the library. Yes, the library. It was huge and like a hip bookstore in there, 7 levels with a restaurant, live music being played, and some pretty fucking awesome art books (about 20 of which I really wanted to smuggle out.)

Love this. I need to paint that above my front door.

We cold.

Fools.

Chai latte love.

Swans in the red light district. Hooker swans. Swanstitutes.

A tiny cabin, a mirror, a camera and too wired to go to bed!