EngelandRatcliffe on SoarEast Midlands Parkway Railway Station52°51’50” N 1°15’47” W
13 juli 2022, Engeland ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
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!
BelgiëBrusselsGrand Place Brussels50°50’53” N 4°21’5” E
13 juli 2022, België ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
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 companyMeer informatie
14 juli 2022, België ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
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 theMeer informatie
BelgiëBrussels50°51’4” N 4°21’10” E
14 juli 2022, België ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
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 remainsMeer informatie
DuitslandNordrhein-WestfalenKölnAltstadt NordKölner Dom50°56’29” N 6°57’30” E
15 juli 2022, Duitsland ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
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 withMeer informatie
DuitslandRheinland-PfalzKoblenzLützelDeutsches Eck50°21’54” N 7°36’23” E
15 juli 2022, Duitsland ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
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 ourMeer informatie
DuitslandRheinland-PfalzMainzNeustadt50°0’21” N 8°15’7” E
15 juli 2022, Duitsland ⋅ 🌙 19 °C
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 firstMeer informatie
DuitslandRheinland-PfalzMainzKastel49°59’58” N 8°16’31” E
16 juli 2022, Duitsland ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
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 weMeer informatie
16 juli 2022, Duitsland ⋅ 🌙 22 °C
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 theMeer informatie
DuitslandBaden-Württemberg RegionHeidelbergKarlsplatz49°24’46” N 8°43’4” E
17 juli 2022, Duitsland ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
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,Meer informatie
