We arrived in Cologne around 3pm and headed straight across the river towards our campsite. We did stop to gaze at the amazing Dom, imposing over the city. The site was around 6km from town, on the opposite bank, so we were thirsty for a beer or two once we arrived. We setup and relaxed that evening.
Wednesday we rode to town, making note of the location of the Chocolate Museum (sponsored by Lindt...) before doing a little shopping.
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| Sand sculpture of the Dom. |
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| The towers peaking above houses near the river. |
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| Lawrie's kickstand came loose so it was removed. |
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| Trees along the river. |
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| Spectacular & delicate looking. |
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| Looking at some of the flying buttresses. |
We decided to climb the tower and do a quick self guided tour inside. The climb was ok, if a little dizzying from the spiral staircases, but they didn't control access very well and we found graffiti all over the upper walls. It was a little disappointing to see such a great building ruined.
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| Looking down to the Rhine river over the love padlocked rail bridge. |
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| The detailing on the spires up the top was crazy. |
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| Looking up inside the tower. |
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| The building stretches up seemingly forever. |
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| Extremely high ceilings. |
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| Beautiful stained glass work. |
After the Dom we rode back along the river towards camp, stopping off at the Schokoladen museum. We decided the entry price was too high so spent the same amount in the cafe, sampling some yum chocolate treats!
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| Chocolate torte! |
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| Multi layered choc cake! |
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| View of the Rhine. |
We left the next morning, heading further South to Remagen.
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