We have now arrived at our hotel in Cologne. It’s an interesting arrangement of rooms around a large indoor courtyard.

You can just see the River Rhein through the windows.

We are off on our adventure to Bavaria. A good journey to St Pancras, with plenty of time to catch our Eurostar to Brussels.
We had an hour before our next train to Cologne, so managed to grab a beer in the cafe across the plaza from the station.

(Technical update: I think that this is the first blog post I’ve done using on-train WiFi… Typing on an onscreen keyboard at 180mph after a few drinks is interesting to say the least!)