From Northeim and Göttingen, I came full sail into the Hanseatic port city and made a beeline for the Speicherstadt. No Deutsche Bahn mishaps this time!
I wanted to spend our limited time in Cologne just sitting on the steps of the vaunted cathedral, watching people and pigeons, enjoying the vague sense of well-being that comes with a warm belly full of schnitzel and a crisp autumn breeze, but Mom was having none of it.