Arrived!! That only took 11.5 hours, four trains and 1,000,000 different stories about what to to by the (very helpful) help staff.
Cologne (Köln in German) isn't the most attractive city, but it does have some draws that managed to tempt us.
We only had one full day in Cologne so had to use it wisely. Spent the morning wandering the cities many christmas markets before seeing the Dom, a massive, crazy, towering gothic church. Declined the offer of climbing the steeple as Mel was still struggling with the flu. Had a good tradational german lunch at a Christmas market. Mel had deep fried potato cakes (Kartoffelpuffer?) while I had the tradational steak-the-size-of-my-head-in-tiny-bread-roll. Delicous!!
Cologne (Köln in German) isn't the most attractive city, but it does have some draws that managed to tempt us.
We only had one full day in Cologne so had to use it wisely. Spent the morning wandering the cities many christmas markets before seeing the Dom, a massive, crazy, towering gothic church. Declined the offer of climbing the steeple as Mel was still struggling with the flu. Had a good tradational german lunch at a Christmas market. Mel had deep fried potato cakes (Kartoffelpuffer?) while I had the tradational steak-the-size-of-my-head-in-tiny-bread-roll. Delicous!!
Cologne Cathedral
Christmas market food
Deep fried potato thingees
Cologne cathedralAfter that lunch we walked (well... waddled) to the cocolate museum for some more eating. Learned all about cocolate while partaking in regular samples. By then the day was growing old so we headed back to our hostel.
Aim tomorrow is to get to Berlin without travel issues.
Budget tip of the day: it can be cheaper to fly to Berlin from Cologne. Check both options
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Location:Cologne
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