October 3,  day 3

“Without God people only succeed in bringing out the worst in one another.” ― Fulton J. Sheen

We celebrated Mass at eh Cologne Cathedral, a prominent Gothic-style church which started construction in 1248 and was completed in 1880. It was recently declared a World Heritage Site. We explored the largest reliquary in the western world - the Shrine of the Three Kings. We visited the Roman ruins.  And this evening we took a three hour Rhine River Cruise.













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