11.11 11:11 Köln Carnival

Today we get see a different side of Germany, only in Cologne. They start the Carnival at 11:11 on the 11 of November.

http://www.koeln.de/tourismus/karneval/1111__sessionseroeffnung

at the stage, a crush of people , only a tiny bit of wiggle room

The Cologne catheral 

now at the train station on the way home