We docked in Cologne in the morning and, after breakfast, it was time to go on the walking tour of Cologne. The highlight of this tour is the magnificent Cathedral. You can't come to Cologne and not see it!! The stained glass windows are just mind blowing.
The photos that I took don't really do it justice, but here are some views of the Cathedral and Cologne itself:
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| Spires of the Cathedral |
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| Cathedral |
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| Details over one of the Cathedral doors |
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| Inside the Cathedral |
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| Stained glass windows |
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| Stained glass windows |
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| Stained glass windows |
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| Stained glass windows |
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| Stained glass windows |
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| Stained glass windows |
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| Signpost in the square at the Cathedral |
After our tour we went back to the boat for lunch, or you get the option to have lunch in Cologne itself. As you get free time in Cologne as well to visit some of the other places, another 'must see' is the chocolate factory and museum! It's just a short walk from where the boat is moored; in fact you can see it from the boat. You can even get your own chocolate bar made for you and you can even watch it being made for you. It's all quite fascinating.
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| How about this for a chocolate fountain? You even get a wee taste on a wafer biscuit!! |
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| My own personal chocolate bar being made - sadly, it was eaten not long after I brought it home!! |
We even had a little run on the tourist train before heading back to the boat to get ready for our dinner. After dinner, we were still docked in Cologne, so we went for a walk and specifically to see the Hohenzollernbrucke Bridge which is a railway bridge that spans the river running through Cologne. This is where there are 'love locks' padlocked the whole length of the bridge - it's an amazing sight to see. I intend doing a separate blog page with the story behind it all with photos. Meanwhile though, here are some night photos that I took prior to leaving Cologne at 11.30 p.m. to head for Kinderdijk in The Netherlands:
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| It was a surprise seeing this above us! |
This was to be quite a long sail as we weren't due to dock in Kinderdijk until 2 p.m. the following day. so the fingers were crossed again for a spell of good weather as we sailed further towards the final destination of Amsterdam, and we wondered who would be first to spot a windmill!!
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