Tag Archives: Germany

Day 8, and coming to the end of Ron’s travels…. Mixed day. Free day on tour so taking advantage of limited new Germany initiative for June July and August of travel anywhere on local trains buses and trams for €9 … Continue reading →

Day 7, and almost all tourism…. Mixed day overcast, sunny and light rain. No train travel today. Taken by coach to Boppard then back to hotel by boar [sic] with a stopover in St Goar. Only a German tour would … Continue reading →

Day 6…. Overcast with sunny periods. Coach from Wernigerode to Hildersheim for train to Assmanhausen via Frankfurt. As the weather was good walked along Rhine to Rudesheim and then took train back. Starting at Frankfurt Hbf….. The delightfully named, though … Continue reading →

Day 5…. Overcast. A free day so I caught an early train to go to Leipzig where I spent 3 hours walking around. Back to Wernigerode and I walked up to the castle and back. Not sure about pictures tomorrow … Continue reading →

Day 4 and another expedition…. Mixed day. Sun, cloud and showers. Coach to Alexisbad for stram train journey to Gerode however over half the party, including myself, paid to carry on the the train to Quedlingberg. All pictures are from … Continue reading →

After some trainspotting at Cologne Station…. Overcast day. Took train from Cologne to Hannover then coach to Werigerode with a stop over in Goslar, where all today’s pictures are taken. And some fine vintage buses…. Next day…. A mid morning … Continue reading →

 Not sure how the Elizabeth Line links to Eurostar, but Ron is now in deepest Germany….. Travelled by Eurostar to Brussels and then on to Cologne for overnight stay. St Pancras and Eurostars… On to Cologne… And some transport pictures…. … Continue reading →

From Facebook, a mega-roundhouse in Altona, Hamburg.  This would make quite some model – even the coaling facilities are on the grand scale…. But did you spot the best bit – the overlapping turntable.  I’d never seen one of these … Continue reading →