Taking the Rhine to Cologne [Ep 26]
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"Looking at the shells of things and guessing at what soft lives inhabit them". Brilliant!
Maya. You truley are a poetic story teller. Thanks for sharing your journey with all of us.
Duisburg ist the heart of the Ruhr Area. You can smell and see all the hard work the people were doing for decades. And until today the people are direct and open minded in this area. And the harbour ist the biggest non-coastal harbour in Europe. There is so much industrial culture there that a coal mine (Zeche Zollverein in Essen) had become UNESCO world heritage. In Northwestern germany we are very proud of all the historic things in this region. Thank you for visiting North Rine Westfalia and stay safe!!
During WWII the allied leaders specifically told the bomber crews to not hit the Cologne Cathedral since it was culturally significant as well as an easy to see navigation reference point. The rumour is that they ordered the crews to aim for it, knowing that it was unlikely that they would hit it. During WWII the percentage of bombs that actually hit the aim point was surprisingly low, so there may be some truth to that story. One pilot stated that out of some 650 bombs, the odds were that just two would hit within a 400 by 500 foot (35-40 square meters) area.
Thank you for another fun and very interesting video!
Such a literary description of an industrial city through Fitzgerald.. you are amazing Maya!
👍😁👍Sail Safe Guys, Ant, Cid & the pooch crew.
Interesting to see your video and your description of Cologne, Düsseldorf and Duisburg in 2020 and to see how so much has changed, particularly in Duisburg, because as a Dutch Australian who came to Holland in 1972, I got a job working on the River Rhine barges which meant occasionally tying up in the harbour of Duisburg either to unload or load coal, iron ore or steel etc. Back then that marina where you were moored was full of barges, with cranes busy with activity and smoke stacks belching out all kinds of smells that permeated the atmosphere. It was certainly the most busy industrial inner Rhine port along the full length of the river back then. Thank you for bringing back a bunch of memories of that amazing time in my then young adventurous life which now as I approach 70 years I can look back on with fondness having filled my mind with hundreds of interesting and certainly unforgettable travel experiences and fantastic memories during a period in the 70's and 80's when travelling was so much easier with so much more freedom than today. But I do enjoy watching many young people such as yourselves using the current technology to record your various travel experiences to share with your audiences. Thank you so much.
Again, super narration painting wonderful pictures inside my head. The trouble is, the closer you get to raising the mast the more I want you to turn around, and show us some more of the interior of Europe. I will content myself with watching again 'North through the Continent' to see again the lovely places you have given us a glimpse of. Thank you.
Thank you sweet and brave people. I visited Cologne in the early fifties (I’m old! 🤪) as a little girl with my grandmother on a daytrip from the Netherlands and still have a vivid image of the cathedral standing majesticaly in the middle of the ruins of war. Haven’t been back since. May be I should, after Covid? Welcome to the Netherlands ‘soon’!
A few years ago, my friend and I flew our plane to an airfield near Cologne (Bonn Hangelar) and travelled into the city of Cologne on the train. The Cathedral was stunning, but the rest of the place was a dump. Graffiti all over the place and dark corners smelling of urine and plenty of evidence of drug abuse. It was a big dissapointment. So I congratulate you Maya on managing to see the positive side to the City, although I feel that your tone said more than most people, that haven't been there, would know.
Hello Maya and Alendino.
I am a French yachtsman (rivers and canals) and I have followed all the videos of your trip. I find them superb and very interesting.
So I decided to share them on the Facebook group I created a few months ago called "J'aime la Saône".
I started to share one a day since November 1st and I will continue to do so until the end of the series.
Many thanks to you and if you need information about the French river network and mainly about the Saône, don't hesitate to ask me.
Amitiés
Philippe
Aawww. I love cologne!!! I lived there for 10 years!!! :)
It may have been ugly, but then Maya arrived
Sometimes empty industrial buildings open up for artists and all unusual creatures that find a common ground to create. Found everywhere, like Berlin and Duisberg. Love it. And then you enter the IJssel, welcome to my river.
This has been an absolutely fantastic educational trip, since the beginning at Port Saint Louis du Rhone. It has been a real pleasure to follow along.
Thank you so much for the kind words George! I’m so happy you’ve enjoyed it - I’ve REALLY enjoyed both the journey and the filmmaking!
You share your trip in a very delightful way!
We enjoyed our time in Cologne back in 1975. The city goes way back, its name is derived from the Latin term for 'colony'. Glad you enjoyed it!
Good nz morning guys. First off....my answer to your question Maya is NO. I don't see it as ugly. "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." But is it true that "that ugly is also in the eye of the beholder??" I'm not sure what the answer is. Sounds very negative.
Love your channel. Love your violin playing too Maya. Tell me you've got more playing to come. Take care and stay safe.
You are indeed both MAGIC
There can be a certain rugged beauty and elegance in old industrial buildings. In the North of England we have many old mills which have a real majesty and mystery to them. Of course without Industry we would not have the goods which we desire so much... like cameras to film such enchanting videos :-))))) xx
What a nice episode again. So close to our country. If you are looking for some one to show you around the Zaanse Schans near Amsterdam of having a dutch meal. We love to show you around. Majella
I live in Duisburg and the old town isn’t very big or anything but it was so empty because of corona or you stoped there on Sunday. The Marina you landed is renovated and followed by bars and cafes, you could have walk a little further an walk in the City where you find everything! But in the cafe you sat that is not the industrial park that is the innenhafen! The industrial park you crossed with your boat before! But you arrived definitely at the nicest place so far. And for the info duisburg and all the smaller towns around are heavily surrounded by the woods, so I live 5 minutes from the woods and 15 minutes from the harbour! So people might get a false impression. ANd most of the heavy industry as you saw is not working anymore. But very nice to see you here! Now nothing is opened we are in the second big lockdown, so no bars shops or anything, you got lucky!
So absolutely wonderful to tune in and submerge into the productions you work so hard to give out into the world! Here in Lombardia we are being somewhat locked down, so you guys keep steering clear!!! lolol I get so giddy knowing and hoping that once I get back home I can tune in once a week and escape the doldrums!!! Thank you!
I was born in Duisburg and live in Cologne, and I think that for having visited these places only very shortly, you have given a rather fair assessment of both. Impressive work! Keep it up!
Love your videos - always look forward to Fridays and your next instalment! Really appreciate your sensitivity and open mindedness to find beauty and interest in the less obviously beautiful cities - I’m quite taken with Duisburg after your description of it!
Omg, Cologne is where I live. So fun to see you too enjoying the city. You did a great job capturing the city’s atmosphere. Love and hugs !
What a great episode. For sure not one expected to be. What talent you two have to share so enticingly this unique segment of your journey. You leave me with wonderful anticipation for the next. Again, thanks and love to you both.
The reason the cathedral in cologne is still there is because the bombers in WW2 were ordered not to bomb it. It was the visual marker from the air that the allies used to know where they were. Thanks
Your misinformed.Thats a myth. There was no such oder.
Although the text in the church tells you it was. Obviously the shape was well know.
The saga is that signal lights where send form the cathedral. Also thats not confirmed.
Noooo, the video is too short! So nice sailing and exploring with you❣❣ Can't wait for the next episode, good luck and enjoy!!
Maya, Aladino, you guys have taken the art of the travel vlog to a whole new level. Even without delicious music......
As they say 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder' and if one looks with open eyes and an open mind there is beauty everywhere.
Thank you for your fascinating videos and exquisite commentaries and long may they last.
I briefly lived in Köln in the 1990s and was told by locals that there was a reason the Cathedral was (mostly) spared from bombing in WW2. The story is that both the British and US bombers used the Cathedral as a useful landmark to help guide them from UK airbases to their targets in the nearby Ruhr region, where the heart of Germany's military production resided. (No idea if this supported by reputable WW2 historians, however.)
Ah such a pitty. I'm from the Ruhr Area and love your videos. I would have love to drive you to the Landschaftspark Nord were they cultivate the old industrial live.
And also I made my boat driving license in the harbor of Duisburg. Hope you had a great time. And are now in the beautiful Netherlands at the ijselmeer! Stay healthy!
Maya, I don't know why, but I always hit thumbs up before watching your video. OH WAIT, I know why...you put out some mighty good stuff (sp). I'm so glad you took us along on your voyage, thank you. Stay healthy you two. :-) Only on this channel does street art = pastries.
Been to Koln several times. Great stop is the chocolate museum, but better than that is the 20 or so breweries. They all brew the same style of beer but with subtle difference of tastes .
Again, a very nice video. Looking forward to your adventures in The Netherlands als well. Hope you will share a lot of video material.
what a fantastic video, very nicely done,.. truly well crafted and shot, congrats ..i love it, mates..thx for sharing, and keep em coming!
Thanks so much for being here and for commenting!! -Maya
@@lulumelodi457 "All Said I" To this episode.
I remember taking a train from Paris to Frankfurt and Koln was one of the stops. I remember seeing the cathedral from the train.
10:33 the railway bridge leads directly to the main station, between the cathedral and the curved structure, "Musical Dome Köln". It has survived as a "temporary" stage for more than 20 years now ;)
Your video and comments about Cologne remind me of my visit to Helsinki. Also very modern architecturally and unfortunately in some areas suffering from the screaming pitches of fast-food blight.
Another wonderful vlog. I can’t wait for next week when you get to Nederland. Kind of my second home as I’ve lived there twice 🇨🇦🇳🇱. Pannenkoeken, Olie bollen, kaas and so much more.
Great video as always, I did like the street art with a quick video cut when the obligatory Aldi sign came into view . Thanks for the tour.
What's not to like about a city with a giant ice cream cone smashed into a downtown building, and kolsch taverns to wander between? Great art museum right by the cathedral, too. And thanks for discussing the industrial aesthetic.
Thank you so much for showing me unknown parts of my own home country in such a personal an charming way. Welcome back in Germany anytime, anywhrere :-*
I particularly like the way Maya sees things through strangers eyes and continues to show us things only tourists would notice.
I just need to live long enough to follow in your wake.
Welcome to my home land that I left as a child. We have friends that live on a boat on the river MAAS in Aalst next to the Holcom factory.
Dusseldorf is beautiful and vibrant. I think you'll like it.
It's good to look back to the river Rhine!
My childhood hometown Cologne profits in wealth from the medieval looting of the three Magis' relics (5:01 that wee shiny spot in the cathedral is a massive, 220 cm long golden shrine) and IMHO also suffers from the same wealth: To me, the term "ugly" stems from the early and uncoordinated renovations after WWII. It's also unjust as there are many nice places in and around the town.
BTW, we have our own famous love story, not Romeo&Juliet but "Jan and Griet". Allegedly, she refused his advances when they both were farm workers. So he became a soldier, and when he returned many years later, being celebrated as a successful general while she still sold vegetables, they had to admit that it was too late: He told her „Griet, wer et hätt jedonn!“ (If we only had done it!), and she replied „Jan, wer et hätt jewoss!“ (Who would have known!)
This saga may fit to the cavalry general Johann von Werth (1591-1652) who partly fought for Cologne in the Thirty Years' War.
Duisburg used to be busy in the world's biggest domestic port, delivering the produce of the adjacent Ruhrgebiet's heavy industry (coal, steel) to Europe and beyond. The post-industrial charms of the Marina point to a successful change.
11:06 The waterfront of the primary factory of the chemical giant BAYER AG in Leverkusen.
11:24 The two slim poles in the back carry an illuminated installation of their logo, a cross of the name in a circle. 50 m in diameter, it's the world's biggest electronic signage. Figuratively, it lit my kids' room ;)
4:36 The Kölner Dom, started in 1248 as a true gothic cathedral, was only finished in 1880, after a building freeze from 1530 to 1842.
The sandstone facade turned black due to pollution from household fires, coal-fired steam locomotives and cars.
Great video ,thanks for sharing ,take care and stay safe...:-)
Hey, Duisburg is just 50 km away from my place. Just one point you missed about Duisburg. Duisburg was the town where Gerardus Mercator choose to live (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerardus_Mercator) Cruising without his work would be impossible. He lived 500 years ago and we still use his work every day.
Welcome come to North-Rhein Westphalia, Cologne has its own style and a doomed Dom which cannot be fully repaired. I hope you won’t be trapped in the second wave of COVID and bon voyage.
time after time again... - I follow quite a number of youtube channels of different content, and although having a childhood trauma concerning sailing and getting seasick on Lake Konstanz I looked all your published videos so far and can't wait until friday finally comes to see the next episode... -the absolute charm of your channel is your outstanding narrative and choice of music - thank you sooo much.
Not viviting the Landschaftspark Duisburg Nord by night has been a bad decision! It has an unreal atmosphere and you could find peopole from everywere.
Our daughter was born in Duisburg during my service in the British Army. My lasting memory of Duisburg is the strong smell of industry drifting over our barracks, but there are more pleasant parts in the form of parks and city centre shopping areas that we both enjoyed. Our Friday and Saturday evenings however, were often spent in the Alt Stadt, Duesseldorf, (Duesseldorf Old Town). The good thing about Duisburg is that is very close to the border with the Netherlands!! Thank you for your videos.
14:45 "more poetry, less police" in Spanish. On the top of a factory building, probably empty...
Outstanding narration, so poetic!
Interesting to see my home country through the eyes of a foreigner.
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Miss you guys, been busy lately trying to catch up on episodes
Stay Safe
Kool, were your sun glasses made by recycling a 1930's chest of drawers? Only kidding, love you both, fantastic journey and beautifully narrated.
Now, that's a just beautifully crafted video
That one section that was all abandoned looking made me think of a setting for a horror movie! Perfect timing though you guys were probably long gone from there In September or before.
Great video as always.
Koln is a wonderful city especially the older part of town around the Dom, cathedral. Dusseldorf is also quite sweet
My friends says about me that I am “few words” person but after watching your whole journey, I really feel my friends is right. Just love ❤️ you
Another brilliant episode. There's few people that can make industrial Germany interesting, well done.
Thankyou for the videos.
That cathedral was awesome. Sad how they don’t build things like that anymore.
They do: The Basilica de la Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, started 1882, still unfinished (until 2026?).
Love your gig, thank you
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I love The Great Gatsby reference, such a cool observation :)
And cool atmospheric music too
love you too
if we had known that you were coming to duisburg, we would have shown you the landscape park. greetings from duisburg sarah + luc;)
I'm bummed for this series to come to an end :(
Can't y'all do a u-turn and do another series....South through the continent....:).....LOL
Another great video thank you for sharing your journey.
We are doing another series right after this one - there will still be a video every Friday!
The journey South from Lake Constance is in the early videos, from #3. It's beautiful and brought me to their channel, and I haven't left since ;)
Koln or Cologne Cathedral is the most impressive building I have ever visited. The city is worth a visit for it alone. All cities are interesting and worth a visit in my opinion. That's not to say I like them all but I do like visiting cities. They are all different and all have their own unique characters.
The cathedral accounts for 6 million visitors per year - still a mighty stream of people and money!
Unrelated: Add 1 million for the Shrove Monday procession at the culmination of Karneval - a predictable state of emergency on a single day.
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@@user-ch9si5zg3o Is that "dirty old man" as almaani.com suggests? Who? Why?
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Not stopping in beautiful Dusseldorf was a mistake (my hometown).
The barbecue that the basilica / dome in Koeln had fallen victim to: burning coal, burning dirty diesel, burning wood, burning dirty gasoline - all things of the past causing acid rain and turning buildings black, giving some car brands the reputation they already rusted in the showroom, or even worse in the brochure. Soot and acid.
We have cleaned up a lot in the past decades to the point humanity produces a lot less fine dust in the atmosphere and now we don't know where global heating comes from.
No, we don't want acid rain again, nor soot in the air, but have to make sure we reforest a lot more than today.
@@rickstevens1479 We have certainly arrived at a better state today! The cathedral's limestones have suffered heavily from 100+ years of coal fired locomotives in it's backyard, heating and traffic, which are now different. Also, the water quality of the Rhine has well improved in smell and "healthiness".
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Germany. A Winter’s Tale
Text by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856)
translated into English by Joseph Massaad
Caput IV
It was getting late as I reached Cologne,
I could hear the Rhine river flowing,
I was caressed by German air
And felt its influence growing
On my appetite. I ate
A ham omelette, which was fine,
But as it was rather salty,
I had to wash it down with wine.
Still in the green glass, like gold,
The Rhine-wine brightly glows,
And should you drink it in excess,
It begins to tickle your nose!
So sweet a tickling climbs to your nose,
The sensation grows fonder and fonder!
It drove me out in the darkening night,
Through the echoing streets to wander.
And as I walked, I thought I heard
The ancient houses of stone
Recounting tales of long gone days,
The legends of holy Cologne:
Here upon-a-time, the clergy
Once lived and thrived in pious ways,
Here, as described by von Hutten,
Obscure men ruled, in former days,
And here, the nuns and monks once danced
The cancan of the Middle-Ages,
Here, Hochstraaten, the Menzel of Cologne
Wrote his poisonous, denunciatory pages.
Here men and books were burnt at the stake
And, by its flames were swallowed,
Meanwhile the bells merrily rang
And a “ Kyrie Eleison “followed.
Stupidity and malice here,
Like street-dogs, used to mate.
One can still tell their progeny today
By their sectarian hate.
But see! In the clear moonshine there,
That mighty colossus of stone!
He towers upward, so devilish black:
The cathedral of Cologne.
It was meant to be the mind’s Bastille,
And the papist plan was clever:
In the huge vaults they would lock
The German reason forever!
Then Luther came and said: ‘no more!’
With power, with conviction,
And since that day, there came and end
To the Cathedral’s erection.
It was never completed- a good thing!
For its very non-termination
Is a monument to German strength
And the Protestant reformation.
Poor wretches of the Cathedral Trust,
With powerless hands, you have risen
To continue the interrupted work
And complete the old tower-prison!
O foolish illusion! It’s all in vain
When your alms-bags hungrily shake:
Begging of heretics, even of Jews,
Is but a fruitless and vain mistake.
In vain will the great Franz Liszt play
To raise the cathedral’s donations,
In vain will a talented king make
Imploring declamations!
The cathedral won’t be completed,
Even though Swabian fools will send
A whole ship, loaded with stones,
To bring its building to an end.
It won’t be completed, regardless
How wild owls and ravens may yell,
Since those birds with old-fashioned minds,
On high church-towers like to dwell.
Indeed, it is possible that some day,
Instead of completing it outright,
The inner rooms may serve as a stable
For horses- quite and unholy sight!
And should the cathedral becomes a stable,
We’ll have a question to tackle:
What will become of the three holy kings,
Who rest in the tabernacle?
That is the question. But do we need
To bother solve it this very day?
The three holy kings from the East
Must find somewhere else to stay.
Take my advice and stick them all
In Münster’s three iron cages
That have hung high from the tower
Of St Lambert’s church for ages.
Once, the Taylor-Kings and his councillors,
Sat each, in a separate cage.
We must use the baskets now
For kings of a different age.
We’ll set Lord Balthasar on the right,
On the left, Lord Melchior, swinging,
Lord Gaspar in between- God knows
How they were set, when living!
The holy alliance of the East,
Even though canonised today,
May not have always behaved
In a just and pious way.
Balthasar and Melchior must have been fools,
Who searched an easy solution
When their people became demanding,
And promised them a constitution,
Then failed to deliver. And the Moorish king
Gaspar, with black ingratitude
Rewarded his people- such fools!
For their trusting attitude.
Original version:
Zu Köllen kam ich spätabends an,
Da hörte ich rauschen den Rheinfluß,
Da fächelte mich schon deutsche Luft,
Da fühlt ich ihren Einfluß -
Auf meinen Appetit. Ich aß
Dort Eierkuchen mit Schinken,
Und da er sehr gesalzen war,
Mußt ich auch Rheinwein trinken.
Der Rheinwein glänzt noch immer wie Gold
Im grünen Römerglase,
Und trinkst du etwelche Schoppen zuviel,
So steigt er dir in die Nase.
In die Nase steigt ein Prickeln so süß,
Man kann sich vor Wonne nicht lassen!
Es trieb mich hinaus in die dämmernde Nacht,
In die widerhallenden Gassen
Die steinernen Häuser schauten mich an,
Als wollten sie mir berichten
Legenden aus altverschollener Zeit,
Der heil'gen Stadt Köllen Geschichten.
Ja, hier hat einst die Klerisei
Ihr frommes Wesen getrieben,
Hier haben die Dunkelmänner geherrscht,
Die Ulrich von Hutten beschrieben.
Der Cancan des Mittelalters ward hier
Getanzt von Nonnen und Mönchen;
Hier schrieb Hochstraaten, der Menzel von Köln,
Die gift'gen Denunziatiönchen.
Die Flamme des Scheiterhaufens hat hier
Bücher und Menschen verschlungen;
Die Glocken wurden geläutet dabei
Und Kyrie eleison gesungen.
Dummheit und Bosheit buhlten hier
Gleich Hunden auf freier Gasse;
Die Enkelbrut erkennt man noch heut
An ihrem Glaubenshasse.
Doch siehe! dort im Mondenschein
Den kolossalen Gesellen!
Er ragt verteufelt schwarz empor,
Das ist der Dom von Köllen.
Er sollte des Geistes Bastille sein,
Und die listigen Römlinge dachten:
In diesem Riesenkerker wird
Die deutsche Vernunft verschmachten!
Da kam der Luther, und er hat
Sein großes »Halt!« gesprochen -
Seit jenem Tage blieb der Bau
Des Domes unterbrochen.
Er ward nicht vollendet - und das ist gut.
Denn eben die Nichtvollendung
Macht ihn zum Denkmal von Deutschlands Kraft
Und protestantischer Sendung.
Ihr armen Schelme vom Domverein,
Ihr wollt mit schwachen Händen
Fortsetzen das unterbrochene Werk,
Und die alte Zwingburg vollenden!
O törichter Wahn! Vergebens wird
Geschüttelt der Klingelbeutel,
Gebettelt bei Ketzern und Juden sogar;
Ist alles fruchtlos und eitel.
Vergebens wird der große Franz Liszt
Zum Besten des Doms musizieren,
Und ein talentvoller König wird
Vergebens deklamieren!
Er wird nicht vollendet, der Kölner Dom,
Obgleich die Narren in Schwaben
Zu seinem Fortbau ein ganzes Schiff
Voll Steine gesendet haben.
Er wird nicht vollendet, trotz allem Geschrei
Der Raben und der Eulen,
Die, altertümlich gesinnt, so gern
In hohen Kirchtürmen weilen
Ja, kommen wird die Zeit sogar,
Wo man, statt ihn zu vollenden,
Die inneren Räume zu einem Stall
Für Pferde wird verwenden.
»Und wird der Dom ein Pferdestall,
Was sollen wir dann beginnen
Mit den Heil'gen Drei Kön'gen, die da ruhn
Im Tabernakel da drinnen?«
So höre ich fragen. Doch brauchen wir uns
In unserer Zeit zu genieren?
Die Heil'gen Drei Kön'ge aus Morgenland,
Sie können woanders logieren.
Folgt meinem Rat und steckt sie hinein
In jene drei Körbe von Eisen,
Die hoch zu Münster hängen am Turm,
Der Sankt Lamberti geheißen.
Der Schneiderkönig saß darin
Mit seinen beiden Räten,
Wir aber benutzen die Körbe jetzt
Für andre Majestäten.
Zur Rechten soll Herr Balthasar,
Zur Linken Herr Melchior schweben,
In der Mitte Herr Gaspar - Gott weiß, wie einst
Die drei gehaust im Leben!
Die Heil'ge Allianz des Morgenlands,
Die jetzt kanonisieret,
Sie hat vielleicht nicht immer schön
Und fromm sich aufgeführet.
Der Balthasar und der Melchior,
Das waren vielleicht zwei Gäuche,
Die in der Not eine Konstitution
Versprochen ihrem Reiche,
Und später nicht Wort gehalten - Es hat
Herr Gaspar, der König der Mohren,
Vielleicht mit schwarzem Undank sogar
Belohnt sein Volk, die Toren!
Love the street art, mainly because my mind won't twist itself into imagining those kind of images.
When I watch these videos I am not jealous of Magic Carpet, though she is a beauty,
nor am I jealous of the travel, since I have seen many places in my time,
and I am not jealous of Maya, who by what we are able to know of her is a lovely and confident young lady.
No, I am not jealous of any of those.
What I am jealous of however is Aladino's hair. Yes, that's right, his hair.
See, by the time I reached his age, which was the time of Woodstock and Haight & Ashbury, long hair on men
was a considered a statement, of independence, of rebellion and yes of fashion too.
But by then my hairline had already receded to the top of my head so my statements were, well, less than emphatic.
I still tried, and still do today, but it is a measly attempt at best. So, this is why I am jealous of Aladino's hair.
So, as the saying goes Aladino,
"If you got it, flaunt it!"
Thanks for this video, I quite like the look of decaying of industry. It has both an alien look as that it reminds me of that it's still transient and not ever lasting.
When you come out contact Sailing Uma...they may be interested in your adventure, as they’re in the north
14:34 that quote gave me a weird association with the Jean-Michel Jarre Equinoxe album cover.
It might be a bit depressing to see al this industrial wasteland but it also tells a great story about West-Germany rising from the ashes after WW2 (Das Wirtschafts Wunder - The economic miracle from the 1950's and early 1960's brought West-Germany great wealth and prosperity. This miracle was financed by lots of American Marshall-plan money.
I am very curious to know what you guys think of the Netherlands!
My home town! Alaaf! :-)
Check out Paul Virillio’s post-apocalyptic gaze at the wwii bunkers : Bunker Theory. I’m sure that’s the ambiance you were reaching for with those industrial landscapes.
The river Rhine devides the city in half. Usually when people from Cologne speak about their ugly city they mean the right side of the city.
The best part of the right side is the view on the other side. I live on the left side of course ;-)
Delightful as always!
The industrial "garden" you were talking about has been featured just this year on Gardeners World BBC. . .Monty don didn't go, forget the ladies name that did take the tour.
Steinweg was the original name of German piano maker, Heinrich, who moved to the US and called himself the less-German sounding Henry Steinway, .....and the rest is history.
Stein - weg was a regular name .. like . Stone road .. thats wat it means.
Obviously loads of piano builders where form Germany.
It drives you crazy .. I think ever city block had one
I really enjoying your boat adventure and beautiful landscape along of your journey. Hopefully, I will visit Europe with my family next year (not by boat 😊), if there is opportunity ... will try experiencing river cruising for a day or two. Love from Jakarta, Indonesia ♥️.
It looks like when you filmed this, no one was worried about Covid 19. No masks. No social distancing. Well Covid hadn't gone away, not even in Germany. I enjoyed your video and thoughts regarding industrial buildings. I'm looking forward to seeing your the Netherlands from your point of view.
I watch you on a (very) large TV screen and cannot comment or give👍
So I go to my phone just to do the 👍business.
That’s so nice of you, thank you!!
When I see the old factories I always wonder what they produced, why they no longer produce, and what overtook them. Biggest question is where did all the workers go.
Newer factories
UI sound is often mis-pronounced by english speakers in germany and the netherlands, it isn't actually a double u-i sound, but closer to 'ow' from 'owl'
Beautifully done video, as usual! ❤️
I am curious about how you're navigating through the pandemic because here in the USA we're flooded with news about how all of Europe is now the epicenter and far worse than back in March. In this video and others, I don't see any masks or concerns about having strangers on your boat? LOVED the musicians!
Thank you for taking us on your magical journey and being so absolutely lovely! ❤️🙏🍷
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to have the outdoor cinema is great !
it’s ironic but Düsseldorf is much more modern than Köln really ! Ehrenfeld is near the University too . Köln has some outstanding museums. It has been a city since 2000 years since it was made into an official city of the roman empire ! so i sm sad to say you missed something not going into the roman- germanic museum right next to the Dom , there you can see a huge mosaic floor honoring Dyonisos the God of debauchery and orgies.(which is a description of Karneval !)
I am glad you went to Duisburg ( the u-i in the band us pronounced as one sound ü) It is indeed very interesting to see the carcasses of the early industrial age and there have been a few industrial ruins made into parks and recreation areas !
A lot big cities in Germany aren't very pittoresque, because the old Quartiers we're all destroyed in the 2nd World War.
Top marks ! nice job 😀👍
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Your last eatery reminds me of the Baltic Quarter in Liverpool, UK.
Cologne is a 2000 years old city founded by the Romans (Colonia). It was a beautiful ancient city before British and American bombers reduced it to rubble. This is why Cologne, rebuilt after the war with limited means, is not so attractive today.
Your lunatic was responsible for the bombings
The subscription button puts it on my subscription page by the way, so that works for me.
It took me a whole month of living near Köln and practicing the pronunciation for the local people to tell me that I got it right. Difficult word to pronounce for us native english speakers!
When I used to live in Cologne many years ago (actually in the Venloer Straße), it was more or less an ugly town, at least compared to other towns in Germany. But you were not supposed to say that to the locals, back then. It appears that you missed something in Ehrenfeld: a lighthouse! de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helios_(Elektrotechnikunternehmen)#Leuchtturm
MB you once travel the danube ? I would love to see/mmet you in Vienna :-)
Glad to hear your comment about the Subscribe button! I'm finding the same on my channel!