We traveled through the night and into the morning to arrive in Cologne by 1pm. It was quite a distance from Amsterdam and the ship doesn’t go that fast. Our room is big for a cruise ship. It’s the biggest room I’ve ever had even compared to the big ships. It’s definitely not the size that we got used to in London, but it will work.
Our daily routine consists of me getting coffee and toast for Mama and bringing that back to her in the room. I then go back and have breakfast in the dining room.
I haven’t been able to update the blog as much as I’d like. I’m revisiting some days now. Every night we have long dinners and have met some pretty interesting people. There are 2 couples from England that are great, as well as another mother/son team from Decatur, Alabama.
Cologne was really interesting, and especially after seeing some other cities here in Germany. Most of Cologne was bombed in WWII, so there are a lot of buildings that are newer. One thing that wasn’t bombed that is absolutely striking is the Cologne Cathedral. It dates back to 1248 and wasn’t finished until 1880. The architecture and scale is amazing. Check out the shot I took at night from across the bridge looking back at the city. We walked around a little but it was raining a bit too much. We found a great department store that had a section with traditional German attire, with some interesting more fashionable re-interpretations.
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