Category Archives: cologne

Notes from WYD 2005

I wrote this soon after returning from Cologne in the summer of 2005, but now seems an appropriate time to post it: Tram No 7 is one of four trams that cross the Rhein from Deutzer Freiheit to Heumarkt. We … Continue reading

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Old Mother Benedict

Seen in a restaurant in Cologne, opposite the cathedral, during World Youth Day 2005. Would that Rome were Cologne!

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Thinking about Cologne

… made me think about an exhibition at the Ludwig Museum, entitled DC: Naked Drawings, a large white room full of drawings done directly on the walls by a Romanian artist called Dan Perjovschi. It was a great show, graffiti … Continue reading

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