Old Town Cologne

Once we had finished admiring the cathedral we made our way to Cologne’s Old Town. This area now seems to be mainly bars and pubs with a few restaurants thrown in. I do love the old decorative building signs displaying the businesses within and the crooked buildings packed closely together. The narrow cobbled streets certainly retain the feeling of walking in history.

We ended our day with an early dinner sat at what looked like a lovely outdoor eating area, only to discover that we have now become smokers - passive smokers. We could not eat without inhaling smoke from the majority of diners sat around us. It was disgusting. So unless you want to smoke, you need to sit inside to eat which is so disappointing when you are sat overlooking the river and lush gardens and parks. Smoking is probably one of the main memories we will take away from Cologne which sadly, says a lot.

We were happy to finish our meal (Brad finally got his pork knuckle and he loved it) and call it a day as we have a very early start tomorrow. Brad did managed to take some early morning photos on our way to the train station.Read more