Wurst for Where?

As you may have guessed these are the soaring towers of Cologne Cathedral. The last time I was here with Sally, 40 years ago, I bouts wurst mit brotchen und send, from a very large lady at an Imbiss stand in the square. She was the sort whose offer you would not want to refuse.

I wanted to repeat the experience as this is probably the only time you would want to eat Bratwurst. Unfortunately she seemed to have moved on, perhaps as the ecclesiastical authorities are aiming for a higher class of tourism.

Companion Ship

A quick mention of my reliable steed, which may not look as sleek and lithe as other comparable vehicles on the road, but then look who's talking

Ferry Concerned

Will the ferry come on a Sunday morning and on a national holiday to-boot. If not it means a 20km detour to get from Holland to Germany.

But these are reliable countries, so why the doubt?

Mammoth Undertaking

Who, in their right mind, decides to build a life size mammoth in the middle of no where? It's even next to a remote cycle path not the road.

Ferry Useful

When there are no bridges these are a welcome sight

Windmolen

Just to prove that this is the Netherlands in case you didn't believe me

Raft of New Ideas

Outside this school in the Netherlands the children were enthusiastically at work building their rafts from what looked like wooden pallets and large empty water containers.

I am not sure whether it was a craft lesson or a survival skills drill. Either way they were having fun