Boat, trains and very small rooms.

We have been travelling for a couple of days now but haven't posted much because my phone battery went down and there was nowhere to charge it and Peter has forgotten all his passwords!

We enjoyed our ferry across the North Sea and had a quick walk in Amsterdam before catching a train to Cologne.

Amsterdam train station.

We loved Cologne. The gothic cathedral is amazing.  No photo can do it justice. Impressive from the outside it also takes your breath away inside. It took over 600 years to build. The mosaic floors are beautifully detailed but its the soaring height and the windows which so impressed. Many of the windows are modern and not trying to be anything other They were replaced after the war .

We enjoyed sitting by the Rhine in the sun  drinking cold beer. There were loads of those long river cruise boats tied up.

Unfortunately we didn't see the Roman History museum as its being refurbished.  And sorry Laurence we didnt have time for the art museum. However both are good excuses to go again to Cologne.


We caught the 'Night Jet' train from Cologne to Lintz. We had a tiny cabin with bunks which were comfortable. Lying listening to train noises as the train rushed us through the night was strangely comforting!
The next photos are for Sebastian.  We were given drinks and CAKES!

The next photo is also for Sebastian.  Grandpa doesn't know I've taken it. He had to climb up and down to the top bunk.

After our overnight on the train we had time to walk around Lintz before our next train to Chur in Switzerland where we are spending the night.  This is a photo from the train followed by one from our hotel balcony.

Hotel balcony

Its actually nice to stop moving for a while. But both of us still feel slightly that we still are!