Diary

Saturday, 17 April, 2004
At one point I thought we might be taxing all the way to Germany as the plane wandered round Heathrow for nearly 30 minutes before finally taking off.
Sunday, 18 April, 2004
An early start to the day and off to the cathedral. As there was a service in progress I took the opportunity to climb to the top of the tower, all 507 steps, including going past the main bells of the cathedral. After taking in the views from the top I c
Monday, 19 April, 2004
Monday was an early start to get to the Station so I could catch an early train to Aarchen, on the border with Belgium and Netherlands, once the most important city in the known world during the reign of Charlemagne (Circa 794AD).
Tuesday, 20 April, 2004
After checking out of the hotel and depositing my luggage in the scarily high-tech left luggage lockers at the Hauptbahnhof, I got the tram out to the Zoo to pick up the Rhine Cable Car.
Monday, 18 December, 2006
After landing in Dusseldorf and getting the train down to Cologne, I checked into the hotel and then went into town for a wander…
Tuesday, 19 December, 2006
Following a pig out at breakfast, I wandered down to the tram stop and caught the tram into town and onto the Hauptbahnhof…
Wednesday, 20 December, 2006
Wuppertal doesn't actually exist…
Thursday, 21 December, 2006
Time to complete a Roman hat trick this morning…
Friday, 22 December, 2006
I checked out of the hotel and walked the short distance to the station to pick up the train to Düsseldorf…
Thursday, 04 August, 2011
Thankfully the train pulled into Köln Hauptbahnhof on platform 1, so it was a simple walk off the platform onto the Cathedral terrace, then down a short flight of steps to the hotel…
Friday, 05 August, 2011
After a late breakfast I headed over to the station to catch the train out to Aachen…
Saturday, 06 August, 2011
After a long lie in and a late breakfast I headed out into town for a wander around…
Sunday, 07 August, 2011
After checking out of the hotel and leaving my bags in the left luggage office I caught the train out to the small town of Brühl about half way between Cologne and Bonn…
Friday, 15 June, 2018
I’d stayed overnight in an airport hotel as it was a relatively early flight…
Saturday, 16 June, 2018
I had a nice long lie in and a quiet breakfast before heading out of the hotel and over to the cathedral to pick up the open-top tour bus…
Sunday, 17 June, 2018
Given it was going to be a long journey at the end of the day…