Departing East Midlands
13 luglio 2022, Inghilterra ⋅ ☀️ 21 °CNot much more to say than that! We're on our way, from East Mids to London, then London to Brussels. About 11kg of luggage each...we'll see how we get on!
Not much more to say than that! We're on our way, from East Mids to London, then London to Brussels. About 11kg of luggage each...we'll see how we get on!
We arrived in Brussels after a logistically painless journey. The train to London was simple, a quick queue through St Pancras and a relatively short journey (just 2 hours) to Brussels. Our companyLeggi altro
We were booked into visit the European Parliament at 10am, so we grabbed breakfast in the hotel and headed out across Brussels. It was about 30 minutes walk from our hotel through some of theLeggi altro
We spent the afternoon what we were planning to do tomorrow. Started with Luxembourg, then Strasbourg, before finally settling on Cologne...although whether we stay there or push on to Koblenz remainsLeggi altro
Up early, and out to Brussels Nord, we caught a train to Cologne. Passing through Liege and the Belgian countryside, the scenery was lovely, although we spent much of the time planning what to do withLeggi altro
An hour or so down the river from Cologne, we jumped off at Koblenz, and failed to find a luggage store that worked. So we did a 5km walk along the Rhine and through the old town with all of ourLeggi altro
From Koblenz we travelled the picturesque, UNESCO, Rhine Valley. Lined with hills and cliff-top perched castles on both sides, it was beautiful to see out the window. It was also, however, the firstLeggi altro
We pondered whether to stay in Mainz today as it was to be the site of a far-right rally and an anti-far right rally in response. The police presence was huge (and had been the night before), but weLeggi altro
The train to Mannheim was quite full, but itnwas a fast train so we sat between carriages for 40 minutes. After dropping kit at the hotel, we walked out to the canal at the west of Mannheim, near theLeggi altro
Free birthday breakfast at the hotel this morning, courtesy of a kind member of hotel staff, which was lovely. We then headed out by train to Heidelberg for a day trip. As we walked along the Necker,Leggi altro