Cathedrals, Koelsch and Cool Things to Do in Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Have you ever got to the airport not knowing where you’ll be touching down at the end of the flight? I hadn’t until a few weeks ago when I went on a weekend away with WowTrip who organise surprise city breaks in Europe. For someone who organises corporate group travel months in advance this kind of blew my mind but I rolled with it and had a blast. Our surprise destination was a weekend in Cologne, Germany.

On departure day I arrived at Stansted airport and met up with the other bloggers from The Blogger Course run by Monica Stott from The Travelhack one of my favourite blogs. Thirteen of us travelling on Friday 13th. What could possibly go wrong! By this time we all knew we were taking a city break in Cologne, Germany. I’ll admit that Cologne (Köln in German) wouldn’t have been my first choice but then I didn’t know much about the city. That’s one of the good things about WowTrips; you can’t research your trip before you go so when you arrive there are lots of lovely surprises awaiting as you explore. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).