Dusseldorf; Friday, 30 April, 2010

The flight landed on time in Dusseldorf at 16:45, this of course meant that I would have to negotiate my way from the airport via the central station to my hotel at the height of the rush hour. In Britain this would probably not be worth contemplating, but even at the height of the rush the trains were busy but not sardine style packed.

I’d looked on the map and it was difficult to tell how far it was from the S-Bahn station to the hotel, but it was one stop on the tram. Given there was one due within a couple of minutes I thought I would wait for the tram just in case. The tram arrived, I got on, it took off and then less than 20 seconds later slowed down for my tram stop. Getting out of the tram I could clearly see my hotel just on the other side of the road. I could also quite clearly see the S-Bahn station not that far behind me!

I checked my stuff in and then, after freshening up, headed back out into the city.

I had a long wander around the Altstadt (old town) and then walked along the Rhine terrace out towards the media harbour and the TV tower. By the time I got to the TV tower it was starting to get quite late, so I headed back towards the Hauptbahnhof to indulge in my dirty little habit of Bratwurst.

Having sated my craving for German sausage I headed back to the hotel to get a good nights sleep.