Here There and Everywhere

Hotel Ernst in Cologne/Koln, Germany

We are refreshed, we have eaten good German winter food, and . . . I am ready for a bath. We check into the hotel and our bags have already been delivered to our room. Our room is a long walk, but we don’t mind. We have discovered that there is THE elevator, and around the corner another, secret, less used elevator. Our room is on a very quiet corridor.

We can see the cathedral from every window in our room, even from the bathroom 🙂

Look at that lovely inviting marble bath tub 🙂

Hmmm. Very clean and modern looking, but . . . not so much for privacy.

Oh yes! I do love a good closet.

I remember keys like this when I was a little girl. No no no – no key cards for the Ernst.

This is the view from the terrace coffee room, looking over the cathedral and the crowds coming and going for the markets.

AdventureMan heads off to see a war museum and I head for that gorgeous marble tub. As I am exiting the tub, AdventureMan returns and we settle in for an afternoon nap. We snooze about an hour and wake up only a little hungry, not big hungry, and decide to try the Chinese restaurant next door.

When we moved to Pensacola, our son sat us down and said “There is something terrible I have to tell you. Pensacola has no really good Chinese restaurant.” He watched our faces for signs of horror.

We love Pensacola’s seafood, and the really good little Vietnamese restaurants we find here. But oh, I yearn for Chinese, and love my trips out to Seattle where I can find a great meal or two.

We leave our hotel and head for the Peking. We know we’ve made the right choice, as we head up to the second story, we are behind a group of about twenty Chinese people, carrying bags of wrapped packages, some sort of party. They are in a separate room.

The Peking is up above the McDonalds

Table overlooking the cathedral and square

Peking Hot and Sour Soup

Peking Crispy Duck – wow! We thought we weren’t hungry, but this duck was so good we ate every bite.

Our first day and evening back in Germany are wonderfully fulfilling.

As a final bonus, the Hotel Ernst is gorgeous at night.

I love this misty, eerie photo of the Cologne Cathedral at night.

March 16, 2019 - Posted by intlxpatr | Advent, Adventure, Germany, Hotels, Restaurant, Travel | Christmas Markets on the Rhine, Hotel Ernst, Peking Restaurant, Tauck Tours