Saturday we went to Köln, which was so beautiful! First we visited the famous cathedral: Kölner Dom and took a guided tour. A few interesting facts that have stayed with me:
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| Pieces of crucifix |
- It is one of the few cathedrals with a clock in it
- The three wisemen are buried here
- There is A LOT of gold and important relics
- One of the oldest crucifixes is hanging there
- There are pieces of the original crucifix stored in there
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| Chocolate mold |
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| Chocolate fountain |
After the cathedral we got to chose between three other museum options: Olympic Museum, Arts Museum, and Chocolate Museum. I definitely went to the Chocolate Museum! It was interesting, but a lot of reading. The best part was going back over and over to get free waffle crackers dipped in the chocolate fountain! Yummmmmmy!
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| Kelly, Soo, and Young Jin running from getting their 9th sample |
The rest of the weekend was pretty relaxing, filled with Lord of the Rings and chocolate!
Monday night was probably one of the most exciting nights out I have had so far.
We (the exchange students) went to the pub in my dorm building and had a lot of fun (maybe too much fun?) haha. We were just hanging out talking and dancing when out of no-where a Turkish man came up to me and in perfect english said, "you have beautiful tits, they are very cute." It was so shocking so I had no response. Later, however, a couple of my girlfriends in the group found out and approached him about how indecent that was of him...which then led to a slight argument outside the pub. While one friend was yelling "dirty Arab" the other was defending me, I was confused, then we were told if we didn't leave the police were going to come... A lot happened all at once!
Definitely a cultural experience! Making Memories :)