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Eau de Cologne - A87816676

Next to the Cathedral there is also the railway station. Very nice, too. I took some photos. It has a nice roof of iron and glass looking like huge umbrellas. http://img.fotocommunity.com/images/Bahnhoefe-Gleise/Bahngebaeude/Koeln-Bahnhof-a29140184.jpg

Oh, thanks, Tav! That's a great photo! (If you'll send it to the Post, we can use it...)

I have many happy memories of the train station in Cologne. There used to be a fruit stand in there. Since they got a lot of tourists, they had annoying behaviour, and a language problem.

So they put up a sign that said: 'Please don't squeeze the fruits.'

It caused a chuckle at my school.

Sorry, that's not my photo, that's one from google, but I can search for mine when I'm at home.

That would be . (I'd rather see yours, anyway. )

I visited last year - the mediaeval quarter is very impressive, but disappointingly small compared to the huge shopping/commercial area. And the museum is hideously ugly.

Ah, you mean the Roemisch-Germanisches Museum? Yeah, architecturally, not much. But the contents were fun.

4711, that brings back memories. My mum used to use it.

It's a nice, fresh scent. Pne of our profs at Pitt swore by it as a way to cool off in hot weather.

[Amy P]

At school we were told that they have never finished building the cathedral because they choose to built it out of sandstone - which is eroded as quickly by air pollution as they can fasten it to the facade

I choose to believe that 4711 has nothing to do with it, though