Praise the Lord.

Today was our first proper day in Cologne and it was such a busy one! After waking up late we decided we would start taking our friends advice on what he thinks is worth seeing in Cologne. We started the day in Fruh, a German beer house for lunch and a 'couple' of beers. After an amazing lunch of bratwurst, metwurst and a liter of beer each it was suffice to say we were off to a good start. The pub is a charming little place, where the second you enter they ask you if you would like a beer...it was a place after my heart.

After lunch we headed to the Cologne train station to pick up Phylicia and continue on in our journey. A lack of communication meant we spent 20 minutes wandering around aimlessly looking for her, but eventually we found her (along with an American friend, but I'll get to that in a minute). The second spot of our day was the Dom, which is a massively beautiful cathedral right outside the train station. From here we got on the number 18 tram and headed out on a venture to find a cocktail bar recommended to us. Paprika was an amazingly cheap little bar with some fantastic cocktails and pizza.

The final part of our evening ended with us watching Gospel singers. So in typical Phylicia style, on the train to Cologne she managed to make friends with a guy from New York. It happened that he was here with his Gospel singing group and they had been touring Europe. Kindly enough he has offered her 2 tickets to come see the show. By this point in the evening, we had nothing else to do and didn't know what to expect from a Gospel singing group so we decided to go. For those of you who haven't seen a Harlem Gospel Singing group, let me tell you it is amazing. By half way through the 2 hour show Phylicia and Jesse were ready to commit to Christianity. There was a lot of dancing and singing, not to mention praising the lord.

So tomorrow is our final full day in Cologne and then we are finally heading home. We have a list of things to do including a little tapas bar, it should be amazing!