Day 13. Koblenz and Cologne

This was an early morning start.....0800 from Andernach and traveled by bus to Koblenz. At Koblenz we attended the 'Koblenz Flower Show'. This was a fitting excursion on 'Mothers Day' but I have to say the 'Flower Show' in Melbourne is far superior to this. However the tulip displays were lovely. Here we also traveled across the river from the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress to the Deutsches Eck where the 'flower show' continued.

We were all feeling a little tired by now as the cruise to date has been very busy with excursions, dinners, a couple of late night 'socializing' events have started to wear us down.

The bus continued to take us pinto Cologne where we meet the ship at 1300. A quick lunch then Graeme and Carol went on a bike ride tour around Cologne through the parks a quick stop at a beer garden for a beer (fantastic atmosphere) then back to the ship. Ruth did the walking tour and Kevin caught up with some reading.

In Colonge we visited the tallest Cathedral in Europe (until the Eiffel Tower was built in Paris). It was due to this that little of it was destroyed during WWII as it served as a land mark for the allied air strikes. However about 90% of city surrounding the cathedral was destroyed. It now is a city of modern buildings but the cathedral offers a main point of interest. Cologne is also well known for it's 'Eau de Cologne' made famous by the brand '4711'.

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