Paris → Köln – January 15, 2023

Gare du Nord

These are outside the train station.

Bronze sculpture that looks like a bear with wings
gare du nord metro sign
metropolitain sign

Inside the station, there was a display for an animated movie Attack of the Titans:

manga
manga
manga

On the Train

I was sitting in the direction where the sun was coming directly into my eyes, so the only pictures I have are some graffitti near the tracks and the interior of a train station in Belgium.

train graffitti
curved colorful roof
curved colorful roof

Köln (Cologne)

Lots of stickers all over the place near the train station. (More in tomorrow’s pictures.)

fish on pink background
Three large stickers with text: Fuck Thierry Jaspart

Thierry Jaspart is a street artist. Not sure if he did these himself or someone imitating his style.

This advertisement is for an online matchmaking service. The text says: “Find your person and forget us.” The small print at the bottom says “The dating app developed to be uninstalled.” There are several more advertisements along these lines, and if I have a chance I will get pictures of them as well.

advert

There’s a really cool-looking tunnel on the way to the hotel, and an Asian grocery store near the hotel:

tunnel
Large number of Japanese “good luck” cats in window of an Asian grocery