They've got good curtains at the Chateau Du Lac. The alarm went off and Sioned got up to open the curtains to see what the weather was up to. Sunlight came streaming through the window and temporarily blinded us. Sight regained, we headed up the tower to have some breakfast, before taking a few minutes out sat in the bar where we sorted out some more hotels, uploaded blog entries and photos and so on, and generally sorted bits out. Sioned voiced reservations that the Etap hotels - the first of which we were going to be heading to in Koblenz shortly, may not be quite what we're looking for on our honeymoon. We headed out for a walk around the lake which gave us a nice hour-or-so long walk, before we headed back to the car and set the GPS for Koblenz. It wasn't long before we crossed the border into Germany and we soon found our first unrestricted Autobahn where we could open the car up. The roads were a bit busy, but we managed to see 190km/h easily. We stopped at services - they're nothing like Britain. Clean, cheap and the food is a hell of a lot better - especially the veggie burgers. The decor is also much nicer. Back on the road and the GPS took us to the Etap in Koblenz. It wasn't what we were after. Unfortunately, we'd paid by this point. We jumped back in the car and headed to the Nurburgring. We got slightly lost on the way and drove through some rather odd little village, before actually ending up at the Nurburgring itself. More people arrived - I saw a fair few Brits there and spoke with them about the circuit and also to see if they could recommend any decent hotels. Suggestions of Adenau were made, which I made a mental note of. I hung around and took some photos of the cars in the car park there. Soon, the track opened and many of the cars went out. I gave Sioned a quick run through on the camera to make sure she was happy with it before parting with 19 Euro for a lap and getting in the car. What a hoot. Stuck the hazards on and went out. Absolutely top notch entertainment. Got some very warm brakes and some tyre squeal on the way round. Sioned got some photos of the car on the pit straight. I came in and Sioned agreed to come out on a second lap with me. It really is well worth doing, although Sioned was feeling quite ill afterwards. We managed to get 120mph down the pit straight, which isn't all bad. We drove the short distance in to Adenau - although it's a very pretty place, we didn't really see anywhere that took our fancy hotel wise. We found one hotelier who seemed distinctly anti-Brit. Back to the car and a quick discussion later, we decided to bring our stay in Cologne forward. It'd originally been planned for tomorrow (Thursday), but the GPS reckoned on a 45 minute drive. 45 (or so) minutes later, we arrived at the Mercure hotel in West Cologne - complete with swimming pool, jacuzzi, sauna, etc. Not wanting to drive anywhere now, we looked around the area but weren't too taken with the restaurants around here, so opted to eat at the hotel itself. Once again, top notch food. Tomorrow we'll try to head in to Cologne as there seems to be a fair bit to look at, but we're also going to make use of the facilities here. A busy day!