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On most forums, you'll have topics like "Post your desktop" or "How did you come up with your name", but people rarely shed some light on their city, or village or whatever kind of place they live in. Personally, I've always been interested in learning about different places in the world, and thanks to Google Street View I can explore tiny villages or huge cities I'll most likely never visit in my life. A pastime I sometimes indulge in is to drag that little orange man on Google Maps into a random location anywhere on the planet and see where I end up. What we tend to forget is that behind the characters we see in PSO lobbies or game rooms, there are real people from all over the world. Personally I've always been intrigued by this and have been wondering in what kind of place my PSO friends live. So, feel free to post some pictures of the city you're living in - pics you've taken yourself, please. Some additional comments wouldn't be bad either. After spending the whole Saturday hunting for that elusive Olga Flow drop, I was longing for some fresh air this Sunday morning, and as it for once lived up to its name and was quite sunny indeed, I took a walk for an hour or two. I took a picture of the nearby river which is only a 5 minutes walk from my home. I live in Cologne, Germany, by the way, and this river, the Rhine, flows right through the middle of the city. Just below the bridge and slightly to the left of the center, you can see a church-like building with two pointy towers - that's the Cologne cathedral. It is nearly 500 feet high and in fact Germany's most visited landmark and also a world heritage site. Since I'm a sucker for night shots, here's one that was taken from the bridge you can see in the first photo, facing the same direction towards the inner city or what you'd call "downtown". You can see the illuminated cathedral just right of the tree. The bright strip of light next to it is another of the Rhine bridges. Last but not least, an aerial view of a part of the city (not the downtown area), taken from a lookout tower. This is what some (but not all) of the larger German cities typical look like: not too many historical buildings since most of them were destroyed during the numerous air raids that took place in World War II. Well, not the greatest photos I'm afraid as I'm not using any professional equipment but it'll do. Now show us yours, pretty please?