Hmmm… how to explain Cologne? It was ok.
For some reason I wasn’t as impressed by Cologne as other places I
visited. It was the first time on my
trip that I was slowed down by rain, I had had issues with a railway driver’s
strike and was still recovering from a light cold. So there were a few things to overcome.
Although I wasn’t caught up directly in the strike, the
after effects were a massive number of delays across Germany. Overall my train to Cologne took an hour and
a half longer than the four hours scheduled.
For this I was fortunately refunded 25% of my ticket price, which was a
pleasant surprise.
Once I finally arrived and checked in, I was running out of
daylight to see the city. I made my way
down through the old town and had a look through the cathedral. It is a beautiful cathedral and
welcoming. The rest of the city was
nice, but didn’t really make me love it.
It was actually the city I felt the most uncomfortable in. It was just a feeling but was enough to not
let me really relax into the place.
Apart from the cathedral there wasn’t much for me to see. There was also the obligatory parade/protest.
Every city I have been to seems to have a protest or
parade. I have seen the Oktoberfest,
football fans corralled by riot police, student protests, protests against the
Islamic State and other protests that I have not been able to understand except
to know that people weren’t happy.
Anyway, Germany done.
It has been an awesome trip and I loved most of it. On to Belgium and the fairytale town of
Bruges.
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