Had a lie in this morning as breakfast is served till a bit later in this hotel. I needed some sleep after driving nearly 300 miles yesterday. After breakfast, we did some shopping at the supermarket just over the road. Sioned found all of the toys which aren't available in Britain now. Gluhworms (Glow-worms), something called Girlsworld, Pez... back at the hotel, we decided we'd head in to Cologne itself. A taxi set us back just under 20 Euro, and dropped us right outside the rather impressive twin-spired gothic cathedral here. My mobile then took a journey back to the hotel, where it was handed to reception by the cabbie. I also took the time to climb one of the spires there which, as usual, gave impressive views of the area. Anyone would think I was obsessed with spires. From here we took a look around the shopping area and found a massive home electronics store with some impressive tellies in it. I think Sioned really wanted a look around more than me as she was quite taken with the 65" HDTVs there. From here, we found a whole store devoted to Lego, where you can buy individual building blocks. Remember all the times you needed a red two-er? You can also build people out of the individual bits, so I built a Sioned, and Sioned built me. Just before we went in the shop, we heard a couple of thunder claps, so it was no great suprise when we found it chucking it down as we left the Lego shop. Over the way was a bakery, so we decided to have lunch there whilst the rain died down a bit. We then took a taxi back to the hotel and had a swim before relaxing around the side of the pool. The evening saw us heading to a Greek taverna. Over the past few days we've both eaten extremely well. I struggled to eat half the pizza they'd given me and only had a small handful of chips. The food itself was gorgeous, and as usual, it was rather cheap. We've just been out and filled up with petrol. Today has been a more expensive day than the others - we've bought a few bits for people back home, and also done some touristy stuff. We've been averaging £120 per day which is pretty reasonable (and close to what we'd budgeted). Today has probably set us back closer to £170. Tomorrow is a long-haul driving day - we're going to Hamburg, which is about 4 hours away, so we won't be spending as much anyway. The weekend will probably see us going out a bit more and experiencing the city :)