We have, in the past, promised ourselves a trip to Berlin but somehow never quite got round to it. What follows will be a short roundup of both the journey and our impressions.
Having decided to use up one of our current Interrail passes to make the journey it was a relatively simple exercise to pull together the planning and preparation. TBH it should be given we are getting to be old hands at this lark.
No photos from day 1 of our travels – Drem to Edinburgh to London to Paris took around 10 hours elapsed and we dined and stayed at Le Robinet d’Or near Gare du Nord just off the Canal St Martin. A brilliant little family run business that, despite being only 10 minutes walk, is almost on a different plane (or planet even!)
Day 2 of the journey was the more challenging just in terms of how long we spent on trains – around 9 hours with an hour waiting for our connection in Köln. Well that wait wasn’t quite as calm as it sounds – being the idiot I can sometimes be I actually left my backpack on the Paris-Köln train. Having dashed back to the platform the train was all locked up so pains really started to set in, I happened to spot two of the crew and asked in my best German if they could help. As I did so the young lady said “is it this one?” Much relief of course and I was immensely grateful.
The journey from Köln to Berlin was mostly accompanied by heavy rain and was otherwise notable only for the 5 hour duration. We had a quick (unmemorable) meal and an early night of course.
More coming soon but the leading photo of the Tor is a sort of pivot into the first full (if lazy) day.
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