An early start today, but a really quick journey to St Pancras – 32 minutes platform to platform.

After the usual long wait for our Eurostar, we were soon on our way arriving in Brussels on time.

We’d normally stop for a beer, but there wasn’t enough time before our next train…

A slightly delayed arrival in Cologne but our coach was waiting to take us to our hotel – we’ve lost track how many times we’ve stayed here!

You can just see Cologne Cathedral from our room: