Cologne
London to Berlin via Cologne
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
For nearly a year I have been selling the virtues of the German railway system based on my colleagues first hand experience, but finally it was my chance to try it out.
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The Rhine Valley
Monday, January 23rd, 2012
Travelling by train in Germany is an absolute pleasure. So I decided to go on a whistle stop tour of the Rhine area via the excellent train network, stopping off in some charming towns and seeing some superb scenery enroute from the comfort of my train seat.
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A Journey to Cologne
Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
Leaving London on a Sunday to head to Cologne I really should have headed Railbookers advice and checked the Transport for London website to see if the tubes were running OK, I didn’t and they weren’t! All was not lost as I was just doing the short hop from the city to St Pancras so jumped in a cab but if I was travelling from further afield perhaps I would have been more anxious!
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Amsterdam, Cologne and Luxembourg via the Mosel Valley
Monday, August 15th, 2011
I had a hectic schedule for this trip, beginning with a 7:30 Eurostar from London and a follow on Thalys at 11:50 to Amsterdam. The Thalys train shortens the journey to Amsterdam by an hour and in my experience it is certainly worth the additional cost. Not only do you arrive in Amsterdam faster, but the train is very comfortable. The cost of an upgrade to first is also very affordable, and comes with lounge access (after signing up for a free membership) and a meal.
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Matt Visits Cologne, Munich and Budapest
Friday, June 10th, 2011
Faced with the lengthy prospect of travel to the Czech Republic and Hungary by train, , I knew that I wanted to incorporate some stop offs en route, both to break my journey and to visit some new places to broaden my horizons.
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Destination Deutschland – Cologne!
Thursday, September 16th, 2010
I had a free weekend and needed to get away for a short break, but didn’t know where. I knew only a few things: 1) I was not going anywhere where I was at high risk of having to partially undress in front of large groups of strangers – so that ruled out anything involving airport security. 2) I wanted to go somewhere different to the main Eurostar destinations of France and Belguim, but as it was going to be a weekend break I didn’t want to be travelling too far; and 3) It had to have good food and great beer.
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Hotel of the Week – Pullman Cologne
Monday, September 7th, 2009
This week I’ve chosen the very modern and very trendy Pullman Cologne Hotel. I love the top floor bar, where you can have the tipple of your choice and watch the sun set over the city. Rooms are stylish and very light, having big windows to suck in the city views.
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Ypres, Aachen and Cologne
Monday, July 27th, 2009
Our trip to Ypres began with the short journey to Brussels from London St Pancras. The high speed Eurostar shot through the Kentish countryside towards the tunnel, and into Brussels in just 1 hour 51 minutes. On arrival in Brussels we took advantage of the free connection to any Belgian station as we settled back in our seats for the journey through to Ypres.
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