After a full day exploring Brussels and The Atomium, it was time to jump back in the van and travel to the next destination, Cologne, Germany. However, let’s briefly discuss the car parking situation in the Park Inn (Gare Du Midi). Due to the limited floor space available, rather than having a conventional car park where one can exit onto the street, it is necessary here to drive your vehicle into a elevator, not an easy task with a WAV (wheelchair accessible vehicle)…
Rather than heading straight from Belgium into Germany, it was decided that we would drive through The Netherlands and then down. Now, on the map, it stated that one would be driving through a National Park, however, it simply turned out to be a plain of fields. Still, nice scenery…
For the next two nights, we are staying at the Mercure Hotel Koeln (Belfortstrasse) which is approximately 15-20 minutes walk from the famous Cologne Cathedral and Hohenzollern Bridge. Located on a quaint street, the view from ones room is quite calming in comparison to Lille and Brussels…
The plan for tomorrow is to simply explore Colognes famous centre, visit the Cologne Triangle and take a ride on the city’s cable car (which appears rather precarious)…