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Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia » Cologne April 15th 2016

We were totally ready to go, all of the bags (just carry one bags, since it was only a weekend trip) had been packed the night before so we just had to grab them. We were all up early, we knew what metro lines we had to take to get to Gare du Nord where we were catching our train to Köln, everything was going great. At least until we got to the train station. Once we were there Bev realized that she had forgotten her purse, with the train tickets, back at the apartment! Luckily we were so early that there was enough time for her to rush back to the apartment and get her bag while Mike, Ed and I got some croissants to take on the train for breakfast. It is a bit ... read more
Köln Dom
Köln Apartment
Köln Apartment

Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia » Cologne November 23rd 2015

Keulen - Cirque du Soleil Zaterdag 21-11- 2015 Om 9 uur in de ochtend stappen we in de auto om richting Duitsland te vertrekken. We hebben een leuk weekend voor de boeg, na via de veiling van Privilege, voor een leuk prijsje een VIP weekend "versierd" te hebben. Het weer is wat bewolkt aan het begin van de rit en sommige donkere wolken beloven niet veel goeds. Maar we houden het redelijk droog en als we in de buurt van Arnhem zijn gaat het steeds meer open trekken. We kunnen lekker opschieten zo. Via Oberhausen gaan we op Keulen aan waar we rond 12.00 uur arriveren. Het eerste deel van ons arrangement kan beginnen. We parkeren voor het 5 sterren hotel : Excelsior Ernst gelegen aan de voet van de Dom. Er staan de nodige ... read more
Voor de Lanxess arena
In de Lanxess arena
Cirque du Soleil

Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia » Münster September 29th 2015

Muenster - Lyn went off to her appointment out of town, I walked in to town and roamed around getting disoriented with the old town layout, Once Lyn had returned we relaxed for a bit then discovered that the Mauritzhof had a happy hour which included food. It was so good we didn't need dinner and were able to go walking in the old town later just to gaze at the prettiness of it all with the lights on in the Prinziplamarkt and other places. An early night as we had a to catch an early train in the morning to Hamburg. Hamburg - 7.58am train with a few changes along the way at Oberhausen and Bremen. Th e train was delayed 15 minutes but we had time in hand before Lyn ahd to get to ... read more
Hamburg
Hamburg
Railway station series

Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia » Cologne September 24th 2015

On the train to Cologne bright and early. The weather grey and getting wetter. Raced through the countryside at a great rate of knots before arriving at Cologne Hauptbahnhof around 2.00pm. Our hotel was only a 5 minute walk from the station and turned out to be a good choice. Comfortable, clean, quiet, well-located and recently upgraded. Lyn had an appointment shortly after we arrived so off she went. We did some exploring once she returned but the rain got heaver and we retreated back to the hotel to await being picked up by parents of a girl currently at HVHS and whose sister was there a couple of years ago. Ollie and Sabine we have met before. They have been to our place as well. Ollie is an interesting guy. He had recently gained his ... read more
Muenster Rad Station
Muenster
Prinzipalmarkt

Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia June 28th 2015

Day 105 Friday 26 June Cologne to Meerbusch 21c cloudy We woke up a bit late but so did Walter & Edith. After breakfast I did the bit of washing we had left over and then looked at our emails only to discover that there was a letter from Europcar regarding an accident that they claimed we had in the hire car. As we had to leave it after hours without checking it in and in front of their parking area we had taken photos and they show a car with no damage. I rang the office and told them that so they asked me to send a copy of the photo of the rear which evidently is the area where the damage is. Walter was doing some legal work regarding his flats in Hanover so ... read more

Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia June 26th 2015

Day 103 Wednesday 24 June Cologne - Bonn - Cologne 21c fine, some wind We left about 10.30 and walked up to the light rail station which is less than a kilometre from the house and caught the tram into Cologne Central. Then we caught another tram that took us the 30 km to Bonn. When we arrived in Bonn we walked almost straight from the tram into the market place where they had a food market with really good looking vegetables and fruit. It was also the town square where the town hall is. It is a very attractive building, white and gold. Around the square are some buildings that were once part of the palace and are very also attractive. We walked down some narrow streets to Beethoven's house. This is where he was ... read more

Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia June 26th 2015

Wstałyśmy o 8.30 rano nawet wypoczęte. Było bardzo cicho ale trochę zbyt gorąco jak dla mnie, tym bardziej że spałam na górze. Poszłyśmy na śniadanie. Było całkiem dobre i był duży wybór. Było mleko, płatki, musli, sok pomarańczowy, kawa, herbata, chleb a nawet dwa rodzaje bułki, jogurty masło, dżemy, sery, pomidory i ogórki. Po śniadaniu wzięłyśmy prysznic a później spakowałyśmy plecaki i trzeba było ruszać w dalszą drogę. Jeszcze tylko zrobiłam parę zdjęć tego nietypowego hotelu i tyle nas widziano. Wzięłyśmy metro do Kolonii. Wychodząc z dworca w kolonii ukazał nam się piękny widok - katedra w całej okazałości. Przepiękny budynek i prawdziwe cudo architektury. Obejrzałyśmy katedrę z każdej strony. Weszłyśmy do środka. Robi wrażenie. Dzisiejszy dzień miał być na spokojnie. Gloria musi się uczyć do egzaminu z prawa jazdy na autobusy i chce się trochę ... read more
Kolonia
Kolonia
Kolonia

Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia » Bonn June 25th 2015

Z hotelu wyjechałyśmy o 10.43 autobusem do Koblenz. Następnie poszłyśmy na śniadanie ale tak na prawdę zjadłyśmy obiad. Usiadlysmy we wloskiej restauracji La Mamma. Ja miałam kotleta z frytkami i sałatką a Gloria miała sznycla z parmesamem i sałatką. Obiad minął w miłej atmosferze bo przez większość czasu przygrywał nam grajek uliczny. Ładnie grał. Z Koblenz wzięłyśmy pociąg o 13.28 do Bonn bo autobusy tam nie jeżdżą. Następnie okazało się że mamy 4.5 km do hotelu. Wzięłyśmy autobus który podwiozł nas bardzo blisko bo niecały kilometr od tego miejsca. Znalazłyśmy BaseCamp hotel. Jest to hangar w którym wstawiono wagon sypialny i przyczepy campingowe. Ceny nie są tanie ale też nie najdroższe. My miałyśmy zamówione miejsce w wagonie sypialnianym. Dostałyśmy klucz i poszłyśmy zobaczyć. Załamka. Tak maleńkiego miejsca do spania jeszcze nie miałyśmy. Ale ciekawe przeżycie muszę ... read more
Bonn
Bonn
Bonn

Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia June 24th 2015

Day 96 Thursday 18 June Hereford to London 21c fine some cloud After breakfast which was quite good we checked out the money card to find we had more left on it than we thought which was good news. We headed off to the Cotswolds and were going along well until we ran into one of the traffic queues we had heard about. It took us about an hour or more to go 5 miles. Eventually we got out of it and found it was caused by workmen mowing the verges. The first place we got to was Burton on the Water which was very pretty but overrun by the coach tours including about 200 Asian teenagers in very formal school uniform. There was a public footpath that ran along beside the Windrush River so we ... read more

Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia » Xanten June 21st 2015

June 21st Xanten, Germany Happy Father's Day to our sons and friends! We ended up spending 3 nights in Remagen. Then on the 19th we left for Camp Berger just south of Koln. So far, we have had quite a bit of rain and wind. It is so much better on this trip since we have the right equipment for the weather. We had planned to jump on the train in Koln and go to Dortmund but, we decided to head to the Netherlands first because of weather. That means we will do the reverse of the planned trip. A typical day starts about 8am with breakfast which is usually coffee, yogurt, crossiant and fruit. It's hard to sleep in because the sun and birds are up at 5am. We leave the campground between 9-10. We ... read more
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