If ever there was a city which made the case for not building a wall, then that city is Berlin. Today we had a full day in Berlin and they laid on a city tour for us. A prompt start

Day 3 – Paris to Berlin
Well, we need to get used to longer train journeys, so today was good practice. It should have been seven and a half hours, but astonishingly the second (German) train was late, so it was about 15 minutes longer. We

Day 2 – London to Paris
The trip we are doing is a 40th Anniversary trip of the original Central Kingdom Express. In those days it took 42 days on trains. Luckily for us trains have improved quite a bit, so we only have around 12

Day 1 – Witham to London
Day 1 was not taxing (compared to what is coming!) – just a quick 50 minutes on the train to Liverpool Street and then 4 stops on the Circle Line to St.Pancras. We are staying in the Renaissance Hotel at