The ship did not do any sailing last night until 0430 as today we sailed through the 'castellated' Rhine Gorge. Nevena pointed out the various sites - towns, castles and other points of interest. The commentary went on from 9 until 12 when we had an early lunch and disembarked at Rudesheim. During the commentary they served the famous Rudesheimer Coffee about the same time as we passed famous Lorelei Rock - the song is to do with the legend. After lunch we got ...

This monring we arrived in Cologne and immediately after breakfast we headed off to the Medieval Town and the Cathedral. Today is a national holiday in Germany being the 25th anniversary of the reunification of East and West Germany. Basically just about everything will be shut but that did not not bother us as there was not time for shopping. Firstly we wandered alongside the river for a bit passing a flea market which would have been interesting to have a loo...