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London to Cologne
via Brussels
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Saturday, 26th September2015
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Our journey began with
the 09:51 train from Wimbledon Chase to St Pancras. |
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Wimbledon Chase station |
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The Great Rail Journeys
appointed meeting place at St Pancras station |
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Our Eurostar train departed
from St Pancras International on schedule at 12:58pm. |
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I love this photo of
Ros... |
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...and Adrian is looking
good too! |
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We stopped briefly at Ebbsfleet, Kent
before entering the 31.4 mile (50.5km) long Channel Tunnel
and emerging in northern France. At times we were travelling
at up to 186mph (299km/h). After another short stop at Lille,
we arrived in Brussels at 16:08 local time. |
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We caught the Thalys
high speed service to Cologne at 17:28... |
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... arriving at Cologne
station at 19:15 |
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Cologne Cathedral |
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The foyer of the Marriott
Hotel in Cologne. |
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