We took 23 hours to sail from Amsterdam to Cologne. Leaving at 1645 we went through much of the industrial areas at night and then watched the kilometre marks on the river count down during the day while we enjoyed the beautiful food prepared by chef Michael and his team.
We passed through our first lock today. This one had a bit of room to spare but some are 38 feet wide while our ship was 37.5 feet!!
As the twin spires of the Cologne Cathedral came into sight we started to get excited about our first tour ashore. There were walking tours at all towns and we found the locals very informative and proud of their history.
Unfortunately the Roman History museum was closed however we could view the spectacular mosaic floor discovered when they started excavating under Cologne.
