Chilly Gonzales: The Köln Concert

Not Keith Jarrett, but Chilly Gonzales.

I was there yesterday (sorry for the bad video):

Here from some other guys who was yesterday also there:

Another view:

More about Chilly Gonzales here >>

Or a music video of him “Never Stop”

Backyard

This block in Maps

Soccer World Cup 2010

Summer 2010 in Cologne during the soccer World Cup.

Gay Games in Cologne

(Picture from REUTERS). More than 10,000 gay and lesbian athletes have come to Germany to participate in the 8th annual Gay Games in Cologne from July 31 to August 6.   …>>

http://www.games-cologne.de

Arriving in Cologne

Arriving in Cologne by car from the south side. Next to the Rhine.

Train Station Cologne

Hauptbahnhof Köln and Hohenzollernbrücke 27.03.2010

Lindenstrasse

Lindenstrasse σημαίνει o δρόμος των Linden.  Linde (στο πληθυντικό αριθμό Linden) είναι οι φλαμουριές. Δηλαδή Lindenstrasse είναι η οδός των φλαμουριών. Πολύ συνηθισμένα δέντρα εδώ. Τα  καλοκαίρια όταν είναι ανθισμένα μοσχοβολάν οι δρόμοι. Στο Βερολίνο, ίσως η πιο σημαντική λεωφόρος στο κέντρο ονομάζεται «unter den Linden» (κάτω από τις φλαμουριές).

Κάθομαι και πίνω τσάι από άνθη φλαμουριάς που ετοίμασε η μάνα μου στο χωριό και κοιτάω από τα καινούρια παράθυρα.

Lindenstrasse 2009.01.01 (12)

Lindenstrasse 2009.01.01 (08)

Lindenstrasse 2009.01.01 (15)

Lindenstrasse 2009.01.01 (24)

Lindenstrasse 2009.01.02 (02)

Lindenstrasse 2009.01.05 (08)

Lindenstrasse & Roonstrasse 2009.01.05 (16)

Lindenstrasse & Brussellerstrasse 2009.01.05 (15)

Lindenstrasse & Brussellerstrasse 2009.01.05 (27)

Lindenstrasse 2009.01.05 (20)

Lindenstrasse inside (Umzugskisten) 2009.01.08 (03)

One year after

Cologne, Luetzowstr 2008.11.05

One year after and the next moving is very close. Probably one block further but in a flat with the double surface.

Compare the pictures in these posts:

• Κολωνία και όχι πια οδός Κολωνίας November 4, 2007
• Luetzowstrasse 37 November 4, 2007
• Το χρώμα της πόλης και το χρώμα τ’ ουρανού November 8, 2007
• Unbelievable (weather) April 6, 2008
• Eingefangen (trapped) April 13, 2008
• Redressing April 20, 2008
• Window tree April 27, 2008

The window-tree there will be high!

Cologne, Lindenstr 2008.11.08

"The fifties"

Cologne Saturday, March 1, 2008
This picture is taken on a stroll in the city from the day of this post: Photographical memo

The architect would say fascinated: “the fifties!”
I am not sure if this or other typical “fifties fascinations” are really plant or built in the fifties. Maybe many of them came from the fifties and the sixties. You can find examples less or more often, in many countries. It is something that makes you imagine that, these kind of buildings are a product of a short time of beauty after the Second World War and before the mass-market-media era. Maybe we see in a subconsciously manner some appearance of the beauty from the visionary way of thinking on the twenties, which unfortunately capped from two big wars and the fascism. This optimistic view passed thru to the new generations in the sixties and the early seventies. But, it’s capped again. Some buildings remain and the Swiss bank can buy their beauty.

Location on Google Maps >>

Cologne Saturday, March 1, 2008
This picture is taken on a stroll in the city from the day of this post: Photographical memo

Cologne Saturday, March 1, 2008
This picture is taken on a stroll in the city from the day of this post: Photographical memo

Catholic Easter in the Cologne Cathedral

Cologne Cathedral, Catholic Easter-Sunday March 24, 2008

Cologne Cathedral, Catholic Easter-Sunday March 24, 2008

Cologne Cathedral, Catholic Easter-Sunday March 24, 2008

Cologne Cathedral, Catholic Easter-Sunday March 24, 2008

I was there with junior in the sling. He was quiet because the most of the time he was sleeping.

The rays of the Sunlight in these pictures are passing through the glass pane on the window which is designed from the artist Gerhard Richter for the Cologne Cathedral. Gerhard Richter is considered by some critics as one of the most important European artists and is also one of the world’s most expensive, with his paintings often selling for several million dollars apiece.

The Bishop, Joachim Kardinal Meisner was also there. Another time I have to devote a post to some of his choices for architecture and art.

Some short videos from the same occasion:

Cologne Dom Easter 23.3.2008 (2)
Cologne Dom Easter 23.3.2008 (5)
Cologne Dom Easter 23.3.2008 (4)