Amsterdam to Köln

So Valley and I took an overnight ferry to Amsterdam where we stayed in the budget hotel (dirty hostel) for a couple nights. The free breakfast was actually really good. Amsterdam was interesting to say the least.

Valley in Amsterdam


Bikes at central station


Anyway after two nights there we took the train to Düsseldorf and found the hostles full so we road out of the city and camped on the Rhine. The next day we rolled into Köln and checked into our hostle and walked around the city and checked out some of the older sights like a small roman tower dating to 50 AD (or was it BC). Also a 12th century Jewish Bathhouse and of course the famous and dominant Gothic Cathedral which we are going to check out again shortly as it is lit up at night. Soon we will be on the road to visit my relatives in Eitorf. From there we plan on getting back on the road and doing some more touring. We have only logged 500kms at this point. I look forward to doubling that before the end of the month.

Roman Tower


Köln in the background


The Dom