Art & Architecture Trip - Day 11

After the normal German lesson and breakfast, we went in the rain (again) to visit Grosse St. Martin on the Rhein - and go on a tour led by Sabine. She is a great and interesting tour-guide, and we are not bored at all when she is leading us. St. Martin was completed in 1985 - it is another of Koln's famous Romanesque churches. After the tour, we sat outside the chruch under a small overhang on one of the surrounding buildings and tried to sketch St. Martin's. We had only one hour, and no one felt very comfortable with the products they created. We were not happy with how things were progressing with the sketching workshops (mostly due to the weather). Hopefully, the weather will be nicer in the next few days. At 1230, Frau Scheuch took us to a nearby restaurant for lunch. I ordered Jagerschnitzel, a pork dish with french fries. I did not think it was very good. Most of the others were not happy either... After lunch, we went walking around the streets and looked at things in the windows. After the usual generic dinner we have come to expect, Georg and Christa took us to the studio of a nearby TV station for a performance of several performing arts groups. In the course of the show, there were jazz and rock selections, some pantomime, slapstick comedy and piano accompanyment by a variety of performers from the US, Italy and Germany. The show was very good (we didn't understand some of it) and it was funny to hear one of the ladies from the US when she did American songs. We returned at 2359 and talked until 0200.