Cologne; Sunday, 07 August, 2011

After checking out of the hotel and leaving my bags in the left luggage office I caught the train out to the small town of Brühl about half way between Cologne and Bonn.

The town is home to a spectacular set of palaces built for the bishop elector, the main palace near the railway station was the formal home, and during the period of West Germany was used as the location for formal state banquets.

This palace is linked to the smaller hunting lodge around 2KMs away by a set of formal gardens.

I spent most of the day wandering around the site, and pretty soon it was time to head back into the town centre, pick up my luggage and make my way out to the airport and the journey home.