Oh my… yesterday I got to go to the Dom cathedral in Cologne and it was breath-taking. The ceiling was so high and the stained glass with the light filtering in on the old stone pillars made it look like a computer graphics movie!
And here are the troopers that climbed the 512 (yes, five hundred and twelve) stairs to the top with me! They were narrow, cramped, steep, spiral stairs and you just kept walking in circles thinking you would never reach the top. It was a cement enclosure with tiny rectangular windows every so often that were blocked by all the graffiti people wrote… (Johannes, Carla, Judith, Gabriel and Lena)
I wish I had one of those extra-sensitive national geographics cameras so I could capture the beauty of this cathedral, but here it is:
this was (with all due respect) either some dead composer or some dead bishop guy:
In the wise words of Sherri Dupree (from the band Eisley), “This man has no idea he’s on the internet right now”
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March 13, 2006 at 4:13 pm
alex mcmanus
beautiful pic of the man praying. i see you learned to resize your pics. nice. and, finally, your gravatar come in.
beautiful pics.
March 13, 2006 at 5:26 pm
Deana
yeah I can see them!!! I like that line…this man has no idea he\’s on the internet now.
what a beautiful church. i think the problem i\’ll have with big cathedrals when i finally get to go in them is i\’ll want to be loud…i love hearing the accoustics in places with big ceilings. I agree with your dad…you\’d be a very good photojournalist!
March 23, 2006 at 11:20 am
drlori
Hey, QT! I was just praying for you this morning and realized you are heading back soon, no? WIll you be back by Easter? I LOVE the pics of the cathedral! I would have had a hard time leaving!
March 23, 2006 at 9:14 pm
drlori
Yes, I am coming for spring break. I have to take the California teaching test so I can teach there next year! The test is in Fullerton, so I am staying with Octavio. I’ll get in the Tuesday after Easter and stay through Sunday the 23rd! Will you all be in town?
April 4, 2006 at 6:10 pm
Parke
Very rich photos. Thank you.