[Home]     Cycling Down the Rhine Sunday 3rd September 2017 Bad Godesburg to Benrath An easy 50 miles today making the total so far 666.17 and giving us a likely end to the pedalling next Thursday and ferry home on Friday. Misty morning in Bad Godesburg As mentioned there was no breakfast provided at the budget apartment we stayed in last night but without the need to guzzle we were able to get away by 9.00. From Bad Godesburg we rode north, picking our way through the extensive urban sprawl of the former German capital, Bonn. Bonn   Isetta bubble car like the one I had nearly 50 years ago - seen at a car rally in Wesseling Next came Cologne which Trisha and I had visited on our Viking rampage a year or two back. It was a nice day and a Sunday so there were thousands of folk about, wandering the streets and cycle-ways and making for very slow progress in getting across the city. People, eh! Lovers' locks still adorn the ironwork on the railway bridge across the Rhine. Me in front of Cologne cathedral We passed through Zons, a pretty, medieval village whose charm has, as often happens, led to it being completely inundated with tourists. Still a nice place though. From there a ferry took us across the Rhine and then it was just a few more km to tonight's hotel, the Waldesruh. Basic but clean, good value and far above the level of last night's campsite. Zons Der Juddenturm at Zons That evening we had dinner in Platon, a Greek restaurant - ok. 50 miles today so the overall total is 666.17 miles.