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2013.07.22 – Amsterdam (The Netherlands) \u2013 Cologne (Germany)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The night was not very restful due to all of the street traffic noise. We had another great courtesy breakfast at our hotel. Fewer people appeared to be staying at the hotel today. We walked to the train station and waited about 35 minutes for the next train to Cologne. We boarded on the train in our reserved seats in the 1st class carriage. An English speaking older man joined us in our isolated 1st class noiseless section. Although his seat was in another carriage, he came back to sit in our area. After arriving in Cologne, we took a taxi to our hotel – Hotel Royal. The hotel room was nice and large but it faced a noisy street. After settling in, we ventured out to the centre of Cologne. It was easy to orient ourselves here as the Dom twin towers, one of the biggest Gothic church in the world, were easy to be visible from everywhere in town. We boarded an 1h cruise on the Reine river. After the cruise, we stopped for some Wiener Schnitzels at a local bar\/restaurant on a nice open plaza. Jenny and I tried out their local beer – Golsh. We walked back to our hotel later in the evening.<\/p>\n\n\n
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