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 had quite a leisurely start leaving the Gare du Nord on the 11.46 to Essen. We changed at Koln (Cologne) and got a nice view of the cathedral from the...
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 days on the train to come. On the original trip the participants were apparently piped on to the train, so ….. at this point, those of a nervous disposition...
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 St.Pancras and managed to check in early, so headed off to the British Library hoping to get into the Anglo-Saxon documents exhibition. However, we should have...