world youth day 2005

Special Pilgrimage Packages
Readymade or customized according to your requests

Have you ever wanted to go on a pilgrimage so exciting...
you'll treasure it for the rest of your life?

Live Web Cam from Cologne Germany

Local Time Club Europa Cologne

You can.

In Jubilee Year 2000, Club Europa transported more than 2,800 young Christians to Rome for World Youth Day. The 2005 WYD - complete with Papal festivities - is set to happen in Cologne, Germany, and we're hoping to take you along.

The best way to start...

Ask your parish youth minister whether they might want to form a travel group. Normally our groups start at around 25 participants, but if you can't find enough interested parties in your parish, Club Europa may be able to put you in touch with other parties with similar travel interests to yours.

To get an idea of the possibilities, look at the sample itineraries below. In the first one you'd stay in Germany. In the second, you'd start in Paris and travel your way to the WYD events. The third sample includes time in Germany, Switzerland, and Rome.

 

 

The History of Cologne...

Cologne, which means "colony", has been an important city since its founding around 50 A.D. Two hundred fifty years later, as the capital of the Roman province of Germania, "Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium", as the city was then known, Cologne had a population of 300,000 - about one-third its present size. In Medieval times Cologne flourished as a center of transportation, trade, education - and religion.

The prosperity of these times resulted in the construction of the Kölner Dom.

Archbishop Reinald von Dassel brought the relics of the three Magi (the "wise men") from Milan to Cologne in 1163, and in response, the church fathers then authorized the construction of a grand cathedral to house these important relics. Cologne is now a modern city of 1,000,000 citizens, taking its place in forging a new Europe.
Virtual Tour of Cologne Please activate JAVA to see the Cologne panoramas

Live WebCam - You control the camera.

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Far views from airy height

Would would like to see Cologne constently updated from above and have the control of the camera? No problem! From 140 meters height, this Webcam offers the view of Cologne, the Cathedral and Rhine and you can move the camera using your mouse.

Steer the camera by mouse-click

And if you like, you can also steer the camera and and zoom in on this Webcam. Click on the Button "start control" for it . Use the slider bars on the bottom to scroll horizontally and the bar on the right to zoom in. By the way, you are seeing a Live Stream, thus a moved picture and no fixed image. If you see neither picture nor have the ability to steer the camera, you must activate your Java so your browser can view this camera. 

You might need some patience, because the camera can be steered in each case by a user.

Much fun!

Slide Show of WYD Destinations

If you haven't yet, please review the sample itineraries below:
(Check out our Quick Quote Form).

• Sample Itinerary 1 - 11 Days including WYD 2005 + Heidelberg Area
• Sample Itinerary 2 - 13 Days including WYD 2005 + Paris and Heidelberg
• Sample Itinerary 3 - 17 Days including WYD 2005 + Rome, Florence, Lucerne and Heidelberg