Just a short 4 day trip to satisfy my need for a quick Euro dabble!
Left London on Eurostar to Brussels, ICE forward to Cologne (via the new Liege to Aachen HSL) , a quick lunch break in the Fruh beer emporium next to the cathedral, then an IC to Koblenz for a local service to Boppard.
3 nights in Boppard, riding the boats on the river, a few train trips and just a few beers and excellent food!
Back on the Monday, back via the same route and another lunch break in Cologne!
4 hours 21 minutes from Cologne to London, again via ICE and Eurostar and a 24 minute connection in Brussels.
Loads of photos here http://50031.fotopic.net/c1732552.html
A bit of forward warning for anyone into German railway stuff, next Easter sees a big event around Koblenz and Trier to celebrate 175 years of German railways, lots of special trains, including lots of steam on the mainline.
Should be very good and is based in a very nice area of Germany, super scenic!
Details here, am sure more information will be added as time moves on.
http://www.dampfspektakel.info/fileadmin/h...pektakel_en.pdf
Left London on Eurostar to Brussels, ICE forward to Cologne (via the new Liege to Aachen HSL) , a quick lunch break in the Fruh beer emporium next to the cathedral, then an IC to Koblenz for a local service to Boppard.
3 nights in Boppard, riding the boats on the river, a few train trips and just a few beers and excellent food!
Back on the Monday, back via the same route and another lunch break in Cologne!
4 hours 21 minutes from Cologne to London, again via ICE and Eurostar and a 24 minute connection in Brussels.
Loads of photos here http://50031.fotopic.net/c1732552.html
A bit of forward warning for anyone into German railway stuff, next Easter sees a big event around Koblenz and Trier to celebrate 175 years of German railways, lots of special trains, including lots of steam on the mainline.
Should be very good and is based in a very nice area of Germany, super scenic!
Details here, am sure more information will be added as time moves on.
http://www.dampfspektakel.info/fileadmin/h...pektakel_en.pdf