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(60,922 posts) Sat Jul 4, 2026, 08:51 PM Saturday

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As we were leaving the July 4th celebration of the Amerika Haus in Köln this evening [View all]

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We got a rather spectacular view of the Kölner Dom (Cologne Cathedral) from the other bank of the Rhein, where the event was.

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As we were leaving the July 4th celebration of the Amerika Haus in Köln this evening [View all] DFW Saturday OP

Beautiful! Scrivener7 Saturday #1

Beautiful! SheltieLover Saturday #2

That must have been breathtaking up close and oasis Saturday #3

It is impressive, but dont forget-- DFW Sunday #38

Very nice! Thanks for sharing this, DFW. 🌞 littlemissmartypants Saturday #4

Stunning blm Saturday #5

Omigod, my dear DFW! What an incredibly exciting and beautiful shot you got! CaliforniaPeggy Saturday #6

It was shot at haste, repented at leisure DFW Sunday #25

I understand completely, my dear DFW! It will always be a fabulous photo. CaliforniaPeggy Sunday #34

Surely, Peggy - you know how to make it lean back to the left. erronis Sunday #41

You bet I know how, my dear erronis! But that would not be appropriate. CaliforniaPeggy Sunday #42

Thank you! alwaysinasnit Saturday #7

Stunningly beautiful! Diamond_Dog Saturday #8

Oh my. Thank you for this & thank for smart doctors you can tell us about it irisblue Saturday #9

Wait on rereading....thanks be to the smart medical staff who kept you here to enjoy this & we got to as well irisblue Saturday #12

They were a good team, and I never felt a pang of fear or nerves DFW Sunday #39

Gorgeous! Thank you -- for some reason, this consoles me. fierywoman Saturday #10

Herrlich! Bavorskoami Saturday #11

Since we were on the Deutz side of the Rhein DFW Sunday #31

I was lucky enough to climb up in one of those towers, many years ago FakeNoose Saturday #13

They didn't! DFW Sunday #30

WOW, that's beautiful!!! calimary Saturday #14

Absolutely beautiful! gademocrat7 Saturday #15

Amazing photo - TBF Saturday #16

I was by the Cologne Cathedral in the 90s. LogDog75 Saturday #17

Altweiberfastnacht DFW Sunday #29

Nice! Thanks for posting it. CaptainTruth Saturday #18

I'd rather be there. Thanks. kairos12 Saturday #19

Strikingly beautiful. Prairie_Seagull Saturday #20

I don't know HOW I got that lighting DFW Sunday #28

What a great shot DFW, magnificent. JMCKUSICK Saturday #21

oh, ahhh. AllaN01Bear Saturday #22

Oh, right, you had the surgery (i think). Gorgeous photo! electric_blue68 Sunday #23

You thought correctly. DFW Sunday #26

Great to hear! electric_blue68 Sunday #36

Kln Lionel Mandrake Sunday #24

And I have known that the whole time, too. DFW Sunday #27

I visited this beautiful Cathedral in 85. Dunc Sunday #32

if you want accented characters in post titles, use & ouml; without the space after the & muriel_volestrangler Sunday #33

Sadly, it won't work for consonants Soul_of_Wit Sunday #37

Spin̈al Tap forever! muriel_volestrangler 18 hrs ago #44

Thanks! I always wöndered what the secret was. DFW Sunday #40

Köln Lionel Mandrake Monday #43

Wow! Just WOW!! h2ebits Sunday #35