It only took a 5 hour train to transit from the gay captial of Germany, to the techno capital, Berlin. Looking at the map it seemed that the best way to reach my hostel boat, would be to find the river Spree and follow it down 6.5km. The weather was decent so I was quite up for the stroll and it would've been fine, if I'd gone the right direction. Possibly the first time Duke of Edinburgh Bronze has let me down... I ended up deep in West Berlin and couldn't come ...

So I've set off, after some great leaving dos and a ridiculous secret garden, I caught my Eurostar to Cologne via Brussels. There was only one tourist attraction I was told to check out in Cologne, the Kolner Dom, conveniently located directly outside the station. Architecturally it's pretty impressive, towering over the rest of Cologne. Cologne's a city moving at a comfortable pace, full of cobbled streets, bars and restaurants. The weather in Cologne was pretty...