Cathedral, Casemates and Castles

We visited Cologne, Luxembourg City, and took a boat ride on middle Rhine on the long weekend from 1st to 3rd of August, 2003. My primary motivation for visiting Cologne was to see the famous cathedral. Indeed the cathedral is impessive, though I would admit that Milan's one is more so. Cologne has many other interesting points given that the city was completely destroyed in WWII. Luxembourg City exceeded my expectations. The town is spectacularly located between two deep valleys. The primary points of interest are the medieval casemates, 23 km long underground network of tunnels. The boat ride on middle Rhine would have been a perfect ending of the trip if not for the scorching sun. Nevertheless, the scenery was beautiful, with u-turns of Rhine and a castle at almost every corner. We terminated our trip at St. Goar where a medival parade was going on.

	Cologne Cathedral (Dom) Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	gargoyles Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	from the south tower of the cathedral Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	old city and rhine Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	HPIM1086 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	HPIM1090 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	bell Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	HPIM1095 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	HPIM1097 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	precariously perched Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	this shot of Cologne is generally in the tourist brochures Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	HPIM1105 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	HPIM1107 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	details from a coloumn Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	HPIM1117 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	HPIM1122 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	HPIM1124 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	HPIM1130 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	HPIM1133 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	HPIM1135 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	HPIM1136 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	Luxembourg City Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	HPIM1149 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	Place d'Armes Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	inside casemates 1 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	inside casemates 2 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	inside casemates 3 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	HPIM1165 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	medieval market Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	HPIM1170 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	HPIM1171 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	Place Guillaume II Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	HPIM1174 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	HPIM1176 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	Dicks Lentz monument Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	HPIM1181 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	HPIM1184 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	HPIM1190 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	Place de Metz Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	HPIM1192 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	HPIM1194 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	HPIM1196 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	HPIM1197 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	HPIM1198 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	Koblenz Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	HPIM1207 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 8/3/03
	River Mosel at Koblenz Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 8/3/03
	HPIM1209 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 8/3/03
	starting boat ride on Rhine (at Koblenz) Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 8/3/03
	HPIM1213 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 8/3/03
	Castle Stolzenfels Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 8/3/03
	HPIM1217 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 8/3/03
	HPIM1218 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 8/3/03
	HPIM1219 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 8/3/03
	HPIM1220 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 8/3/03
	HPIM1222 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 8/3/03
	HPIM1223 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 8/3/03
	HPIM1224 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 8/3/03
	St Goarshausen Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 8/3/03
	St Goar Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 8/3/03
	HPIM1237 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 8/3/03
	HPIM1239 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 8/3/03
	HPIM1242 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 8/3/03
	parade_at_St_Goar_1 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 8/3/03
	stained_window_Cologne_Cathedral Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	front_view_of_Cathedral Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	side_view_of_Cathedral Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	fountain boat in Cologne Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	Notre_Dame_Luxembourg Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	Petrusse_valley_Luxembourg Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 7/13/03
	parade_at_St_Goar_2 Photographed by: Partha Dutta, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland ( from Calcutta, India ). Photos of Luxembourg City, and Cologne and Rhine in Germany Photograph taken on: 8/3/03