United Kingdom

March 2020

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Next stop: the United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Traveling by train with my Interrail Global Pass
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- Mar 3, 2020, 12:33pm
- 🌧 3 °C
- Altitude: 278 m
- Belgium Wallonia Herve José 50.631481, 5.76641950°37’53” N 5°45’59” E
Day 1
Halfway
March 3, 2020 in Belgium ⋅ 🌧 3 °C
So here we go! In the second Train I am taking today having the time of my life 😉 haha no seriously I’m kinda productive and trying to Organise some accommodations for the next days / weeks. To get into the right mood I share my seat table with an english elderly 🧓🏻👴🏼
The longer I drive the more I get excited about the next 2,5 weeks - so I’ll keep you updated 🌈
Planned to arrive at 4:05pm in London (-1HR)

P.S.: to all the Germans: I’m gonna have an extra hour more than you today 🤓Read more
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- Mar 3, 2020, 2:16pm
- 🌧 7 °C
- Altitude: 35 m
- Belgium Brussels Capital City of Brussels Cureghem Brussels-South 50.835675, 4.33441550°50’8” N 4°20’4” E
Day 1
Eurostar
March 3, 2020 in Belgium ⋅ 🌧 7 °C
Taking the Eurostar takes the same control procedure as taking a plane - the only difference: you’re allowed to take liquides with you. So exciting! 😱
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- Mar 3, 2020, 6:18pm
- ⛅ 8 °C
- Altitude: 11 m
- England Southwark Elephant and Castle 51.494063, -0.09062651°29’39” N 0°5’26” W
Day 1
London 1st
March 3, 2020 in England ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
As soon as I left the station it was like: WHAM!!! People, taxis, busses, bikes - all in one. I decided to take a long walk to my hostel and so I went from a crowded street into an empty street, I saw some nice architectures, interesting people and accidentally ran into a movie cut. As soon as I arrived in my 33 persons dorm I knew these are going to be some interesting two nights 😄 hopefully I’ll find a host for Bristol soon. 🤷🏼‍♀️Read more
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- Mar 4, 2020
- 🌧 8 °C
- Altitude: 13 m
- England Greater London Charing Cross Embankment Pier 51.507832, -0.1213751°30’28” N 0°7’17” W
Day 2
London 2nd
March 4, 2020 in England ⋅ 🌧 8 °C
Uff what a City! So many impressions in so little time! Luckily I could sleep through the night even though I shared my room with 20 others and one of them snores so loud that I could hear it through my earplugs...
Starting my day at 11am means keep walking through the city (you can see it in the map) until 5pm and only taking a break of 30 minutes for a nice coffee. I basically saw every tourist attraction you can imagine which was quite nice but I do hate being a tourist and always try to fit in and behave as a “normal” kid 😄
It is still challenging to keep looking right first Begierde crossing the street and even taking the stairs on the left side - crazy! Luckily there was no rain... until 2pm - but hey I don’t want to complain the rain could have been heavier!
Me feet hurt now but hey I just need to explore Anke her city tomorrow 😉
By the way: I found a host for Bristol and for Fort William and hooked a hostel in Edinburgh (it just looked so cute and was soooo cheap an somehow I just felt like it) - so I just need a host for Cardiff and Glasgow and that’s about it.Read more
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- Mar 5, 2020
- ☁️ 4 °C
- Altitude: 22 m
- England Englishcombe Twerton Oldfield Park Railway Station 51.381634, -2.38063851°22’54” N 2°22’50” W
Day 3
Bath & Weston
March 5, 2020 in England ⋅ ☁️ 4 °C
I originally planned a whole day in Bath after I slept like a puppy in this super luxury hostel (not). Spontaneous as I can be with my Ticket I decided to see the ocean after Bath was disappointing. So i spent my time in a Café and took the next train to Weston super Mare and had a nice sunset at the ocean. ☺️
Noticed that I’m not allowed to use the subways well ooops! I was lucky that a staffmember let me through the control gate without letting me pay afterwards. I slowly get to know how to use my ticket right since the English people have control gates before entering the platforms. And of course: all the trains are perfectly on time, the stations super organised and in general everything better than the most famous DB. Well well... right now I’m on my way back to Bristol to meet my very first host during this trip. I really look forward to finally speak some more English than „yes“ „thank you“ or „I’m good“. Going to explore Bristol the next two days 👋🏼Read more
Traveler I would also like to walk in the footsteps of Jane Austen in Bath in the near future. Many greetings:)
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- Mar 6, 2020
- ⛅ 7 °C
- Altitude: 11 m
- England Bristol Bedminster 51.441029, -2.60351451°26’28” N 2°36’13” W
Day 4
Bristol 1st
March 6, 2020 in England ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
Lucky me has a host that can cook and has a breadmaker which meant fresh and warm bread in the morning and some nice self taught meals for dinner.
My first day in Bristol was full of colors! I spent walking around and spotting street art which got me so excited! (There were so many - unfortunately I can only upload 6 of them)
Luckily the sun showed up and spread some warmth around - for some english people is sun the understanding of wearing a T-shirt no matter what the temperature is - so I spent some time at the park enjoying my time but also walked around the city center exploring. Bristol is a left-Wing// Alternative City with its spots and highlights. It kind of reminded me of Hamburg especially because of its own harbour.
Bristol is also known as the city of cider which is quite lucky for me so my host Pat and I went to some bars to enjoy their homemade cider and listen to some live bands (Bristol is also known for its live music at the weekend, some bars even daily!)
I’m pretty tired now, looking forward for some sleep and an nicely made English breakfast tomorrow morning.Read more
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- Mar 7, 2020
- ☁️ 9 °C
- Altitude: 20 m
- England Long Ashton Leigh Woods 51.454882, -2.62778251°27’18” N 2°37’40” W
Day 5
Bristol 2nd
March 7, 2020 in England ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
Waking up late and getting a freshly made omelette got me the day started right. After I left the house I went down the same street as yesterday because my host told me I’ve missed a big streetart masterpiece. Noticing that I did not only miss one makes me still happy exploring the area. I kept walking through a park to reach the Clifton Suspension Bridge which looked promising from the distance. After I hiked up the hill through the woods I realized that this bridge was quite a tourist attraction and after I enjoyed the view by myself I understood why.
After spending some time at the very top of Bristol I had an arrangement with my host Pat to watch a football game in a bar which was quite energetic and new territory for me. Still it was fun to watch and I even made contact with a couple during the game.
The evening faded with a foot massage by me and a super delicious dinner.Read more
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- Mar 8, 2020
- ⛅ 8 °C
- Altitude: 18 m
- England Gloucester Gloucester Railway Station 51.868131, -2.23860951°52’5” N 2°14’19” W
Day 6
Gloucester
March 8, 2020 in England ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
When I opened the curtains for the very first time it was raining cats and dogs and so I thought my day will be fun but hey it’s England and so it stopped raining after 20 minutes and the sky was blue and kept being for the rest of the day. Unfortunetly I spent most of the time on the train and so I just had a quick hint at Gloucester which seemed pretty small and cosy.
I now arrived in Cardiff where I’m going to stay in the cutest hostel ever and lucky me I share the 16 bed dorm with only one other girl from New Zealand (she is so cool!). There’ll be more guests the next day but I’m pretty happy I chose this hostel which is placed directly in the center.
Looking forward for tomorrow!Read more
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- Mar 9, 2020
- ☁️ 8 °C
- Altitude: 20 m
- Wales Castle Cardiff Cardiff Millenium Stadium 51.478702, -3.17741551°28’43” N 3°10’39” W
Day 7
Cardiff 1st
March 9, 2020 in Wales ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Still totally in love with the hostel I ended up having the 18 bed dorm on my own 🥳
Started my day with a walk to Cardiff Bay which didn’t turn out to be as beach-ish as I expected but it was worth a visit.
Suddenly I was in a mood for shopping and so I explored the city center with its shops and accidentally found a castle in the middle of it which turned out to be the most touristic attraction of Cardiff. So yeah there’s just not much more to see here that’s why I decided to stay in the rest of the evening especially as it started to rain heavily.
For tomorrow I decided to have a day to calm down and enjoy the loneliness in my room, watch some movies, do some stuff and maybe have a little walk. I kind of have the feeling that I’m in need of that because of the mass I’ve been walking so far.Read more
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- Mar 10, 2020
- 🌬 11 °C
- Altitude: 23 m
- Wales Castle Cardiff Cardiff Millenium Stadium 51.47889, -3.17737451°28’44” N 3°10’39” W
Day 8
Cardiff 2nd
March 10, 2020 in Wales ⋅ 🌬 11 °C
Soooo my day off was amazing I literally just walked to the bathroom or to the store right in front of the hostel and spent the rest of the time in my bed. Therefore I don’t have much to tell that’s why I’ll tell you some fun facts about the English people here.

1.: traffic lights for pedestrians are more a recommendation than a strict thing to follow - they take ages to turn green anyways - trust me I tried it and waited at least 2 minutes... even elderly walk whenever they want :D
2.: cash?! What’s that? Everything works with your credit card (and I love it!) there are self checkouts in every supermarket and you’ll rarely find a cashier. Even in bars you pay with your card of course. - Germany when will you grow up?
3.: train stations have a control gate you have to pass and employees working 24/7 to help out if something isn’t working or if interrail travelers have to pass ;)
4.: as soon as the sun comes out english people get rid of their warm clothes and prefer T-shirts even if it’s still cold...
5.: the UK has about 4 or 5 languages and many many more accentsRead more
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