Cologne; Saturday, 17 April, 2004

At one point I thought we might be taxing all the way to Germany as the plane wandered round Heathrow for nearly 30 minutes before finally taking off.

Despite that I arrived at Köln-Bonn airport on time and quickly caught the bus into the city centre.

After popping into the tourist information centre to pick up a Welcome Card I took the tram out to the hotel and quickly checked in before heading back out into the city.

First stop was one of the bridges over the Rhine to the south of the centre of the city for the views of the Cathedral across the river. Then it was back over for a closer look at the Cathedral.

After a wander round the cathedral square it was time to find dinner and then head back to the hotel.