Hold on. They've never been to Cologne before? I could've sworn that they have.
Yeah, I thought they had too, but only visited once like Hamburg, so I looked it up and yeah no version has been Cologne, much less, the state that Cologne is located: North Rhine-Westphalia.
Past seasons with Germany always visit Munich & Berlin. But with this never-before visit to Cologne, it's a first for me. 
I know! It's usually Berlin or Bavaria, so seeing something new just made me joyful. This route was scaring me especially with a Germany visit, but I'm happy it's a new location. New city in Germany and Vietnam! Now, they better stay in North Rhine-Westphalia. I don't want them to board a train to Berlin in the middle of the leg.
Now, I'm just hopeful that production knows that leg 7/8 should be in Denmark and teams take a train from Cologne to somewhere in Denmark. I don't care if it's rural or urban. Copenhagen was cool in 25, I will take it again.
TAR 19 had teams connect through Cologne on their train to Brussels. This will be the first full Cologne visit. Glad that we are getting more variety with Germany.
Oh, well I don't count connections, only if there's a route marker or task will I count it has a visit, so first time!
