Day 22 (June 29th)

Okay, day two without any soccer, I guess the weaning process has to start because the whole thing will be over in a couple of weeks. We slept in and missed breakfast this morning, so we grabbed something to eat and headed to the Chocolate Museum. It was just a short walk along the river to reach. It was a very interesting presentation regarding the history of the Cocoa bean and development of modern day Chocolate. They also had a live production line and a chocolate foundation – with free samples of course. Of course, the gift shop there was the best I’ve ever visited
When strolling the city, we came upon a guy that was using chalk to draw a picture of a face on the main square in front of the Dom. When we came back by later, he had completed his portrait of Mozart. Cologne is full of street “performers”, but this was something to see. It was really well done.
These houses sit near the river and were very near our hotel. We heard that the blue house on the left was the only one that survived the bombings from the war. The entire river is lined with restaurants with outdoor tables and outside TV screens.
Later on, we enjoyed some very good Chinese food and just relaxed more that afternoon. We got together for a late night Italian dinner (disappointing) and called it an early evening – Dean has to travel to Berlin tomorrow to meet up with Phil and Kate for the first Quarter Finals game.