Blogs from Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe - page 8

Woke up late to a lovely sunny hot morning.. no driving needed so we could relax and do some serious sight seeing!! Sam had already decided he wanted to go to the Chocolate museum and I wanted to visit the cathedral. Neither were disappointing. Had a lovely walk along the Rhine and stopped for a coffee and some people watching too. The chocolate museam is a great place for kids - it gives the history of chocolate coming to Europe as well as a factory to see the various stages of making chocolates. The taste from the chocolate fountain was good and the whole place smelt lovely. Hotel is OK - only about 20 minutes from the city so we have walked for miles today. Both exhausted and are now chilling in the hotel. For tomorrow's ... read more

The sun came out tonight as we left Cologne after an interesting explore of some of the sights the city has to offer. The day didn’t start this way. We woke to the sound of cars driving along wet roads and it stayed like that until we were ready to walk to the local railway station. We had a lucky break as we headed for the train only to get the heaviest downpour of the day just as we were approaching the station. The city of Cologne was looking damp and not at its best but the wet weather certainly didn’t discourage the locals and tourists from enjoying a day out in the city. With a break in the weather we wandered over the railway bridge that crosses the Rhine. Along the entire length of the ... read more

Day 008, Saturday June 25 This is a big one, covering a lot of time, so try and keep up :) I write this on the 5 hour train ride from Cologne to Berlin, we have been going non stop! It literally feels like we’ve done a weeks worth in mere days. The crowds don’t end, like London and Bruges, Amsterdam and Cologne are insane tourist hubs, I think I should start expecting massive crowds in almost every city we go to, then I’ll stop being shocked each time I step put of the main train station to find myself overwhelmed by the massive amounts of people occupying the main city center. We arrived in Amsterdam late Thursday night, we immediately went grocery shopping, which included uncooked pasta noodles, and tomato sauce, first thing we did ... read more

Ismet volt egy harom napos hetvegenk, es mivel mar terveztem, elutaztam Kolnbe. A Germanwings-zel repultem, ami feluton van az easyJet es a Malev kozott: a jegy araban van helyfoglalas, csomag es egy kis szendvics es viz, viszont a tobbi etelt/italt penzert adjak. Bar, ha jobban megnezzuk, megis inkabb a Malevhoz all kozelebb, mivel kaja nelkul is ki lehet birni egy ilyen rovid utat, azonban eleg bosszanto tud lenni, mikor plusz penzt kell fizetni a poggyaszert (es osszessegeben tobbe kerul egy easyJet-jegy mint mondjuk egy Malev vagy British Airways). Nagyjabol fel oras kesessel indultunk, de mivel ugy van tervezve a menetrend, pontosan landoltunk, mindossze 55 perc repulest kovetoen. Volt vonat a repterrol a fopalyaudvarra, es ami tetszett, hogy integralt rendszer van, igy egy sima vonaljegy ervenyes a varoson belul is, illetve a varos es a repter kozott ... read more

On Friday I spent most of the day traveling on trains. I stopped at Lake Constance for a few hours to walk around and take a ferry across the lake before I got back on another train to head to Stuttgart. I arrived in Stuttgart Friday night but didn't hav much time to do anything in the city after getting settled into my hostel. Saturday morning I had some time to walk around. It's a pretty neat city. There was a viewing platform 10 stories high at the train station that allowed me to take some nice pictures of the city. I then took a train to Cologne (Köln). It was supposed to be a 2 hour and 15 minute train ride on a high speed train, but it ended up taking over 4 hours because ... read more