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Ron’s in trouble again – weather and trains….. And a lack of strudel….. DAY 6 Frankfurt. Overcast turning to heavy rain with thunder and lightning. Bad day again for travelling to Frankfurt for an overnight stay. All went well to … Continue reading →

DAY 5 Leipzig. Overcast and cooler. As I had already travelled on all possible train routes and did not fancy using rail replacement buses I treated myself to my usual day trip to Leipzig. Currently at Halle with a 40 … Continue reading →

Another successful day…. DAY 4 Started off summery turned showery now heavy thunderstorms. Took train to Quedlingburg for 3.5 hour steam hauled rail trip to Strassberg. Before taking train back to Wernigerode took walk around Quedlingburg ending up at castle. … Continue reading →

A more successful day, mainly on the Hartz…. DAY 3 Hartz Day 3. Started sunny turned cloudy but now sunny today. Today’s trip was up the Brocken and back for walk up to Wernigerode Castle. It is obvious where one … Continue reading →

Ron is off on his travels again. And proving that DB ain’t what it used to be….. DAY 1 DB strikes again Train from Brussels to Aachen cancelled so 2 hour wait in Brussels and will not be in hotel … Continue reading →

And a few final photos from Germany…. Cologne main station, going and coming home…. The rather photogenic railway at Rüdesheim. The Koblenz cable car. And finally, confession time!!!!!!!  Why Ron REALLY goes to Germany. Real reason for visiting Rüdesheim.  Following … Continue reading →

Today, tourism, buildings and buses (again, not in chronological order)…. Day 5 – Overcast turning to rain. Today was a walking tour of Koblenz, where all of today’s photos were taken. Told Tour Manager I would be going in by … Continue reading →

Today, lots of trains, but starting with the usual weather forecasts! DAY 3 – Sunny but chilly but becoming cloudy and windy. Today was around trip by boat to St Goar with a 3 1/2 hour break, which turned into … Continue reading →

Ron is off on one of his regular Germany jaunts. Day 1 – Early start on 0557 train to St Pancras and easy going to Brussels and Cologne albeit arriving 10 late. Our connection train to Koblenz went from 15 … Continue reading →

Day 3 Last day. Murky and wet – all photos taken around 9.30am. Took trams to Messe/Deutz Bf but on leaving station by wrong exit ended up doing a round tour of the Messe complex. Eventually found right way out … Continue reading →