Train tour of Germany 2014

Journey to Harz mountaiins and Rhine valley, by train

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1 Wednesday 23 July. Köln station from Wyndham's hotel	2 On Thalys, from Brussels to Köln	3 North Germany map	4 Thursday 24 July 2014. Stop at Goslar, on way to Wernigerode	5 Goslar 24 July	6 Goslar 24 July
7 Goslar 24 July	8 Goslar 24 July	9 Goslar 24 July	10 Goslar 24 July	11 Goslar 24 July	12 Goslar 24 July
13 Goslar clock 24 July 14.04	14 Goslar clock	15 Goslar clock in action	16 Goslar 24 July 14.11	17 Goslar 24 July	18 Terrace HKK Hotel Wernigerode 24 July 17.47
19 Terrace HKK Hotel Wernigerode 24 July 17.48	20 Map of Harzer Schmalspurbahnen	21 HKK Hotel Wernigerode 25 July	22 Station for Brocken railway 25 July 10.02	23 Brocken railway 25 July 10.29	24 Brocken railway 25 July 10.55
25 Brocken railway 25 July 10.57	26 Drei Annen on way up Brocken railway 25 July 11.08	27 Brocken railway 25 July 11.32	28 Brocken railway 25 July restaurant at top 12.36	29 Brocken railway 25 July restaurant at top	30 Brocken railway 25 July restaurant at top 12.54 Gulasch suppe and strudel
31 Margaret at Aussichts punkt, in cloud Brocken railway 25 July	32 Brocken railway 25 July	33 Brocken railway 25 July shop at top 13.11	34 Brocken railway 25 July shop at top	35 Brocken railway 25 July shop at top	36 Brocken railway 25 Jul. Loco at top
37 Brocken railway 25 July. Down, in rain	38 Brocken railway 25 July Shelter from rain at change in Drei Annen Hohne	39 Loco on Drei Annen Hohne station 15.23	40 Loco on Drei Annen Hohne station	41 Loco at Drei Annen Hohne station 25 July	42 Loco at Drei Annen Hohne station 25 July Built 1956
43 Drain cleaner at Drei Annen Hohne station 25 July	44 Drain cleaner in action after heavy rain	45 Heading back to Wernigerode 25 July 16.02	46 Heading down for Wernigerode	47 Heading down for Wernigerode	48 Nearly back to Wernigerode
49 Schokolade on Wernigerode high street, after Brocken. Still raining 18.00	50 26 July Trip to Selke Valley narrow guage, Quedlinburg to Alexisbad	51 26 July loco at Quedlinburg	52 26 July Robin Fairbairns on back of train to Alexisbad	53 Up to Alexisbad 26 July 11.20	54 On way to Alexisbad 26 July
55 Up to Alexisbad 26 July	56 Arrive Alexisbad 11.34 Then bus back to Quesdlinburg centre	57 Quedlinburg 26 July 12.32	58 Quedlinburg 26 July	59 Quedlinburg Sat 26 July Town square (M bought flowers for Nehers, tomorrow)	60 Restaurant for lunch Quedlinburg 12.53 (waitress offered vase for flowers)
61 Quedlinburg 26 July Rathaus	62 Quedlinburg 26 July	63 Quedlinburg 26 July	64 Quedlinburg 26 July	65 Quedlinburg 26 July, side of Rathaus	66 Quedlinburg 26 July Rathaus & restaurant
67 Quedlinburg 26 July	68 Quedlinburg 26 July	69 Buffet HKK Hotel Wernigerode 26 July	70 Buffet HKK Hotel Wernigerode 26 July	71 Buffet HKK Hotel Wernigerode 26 July	72 Buffet HKK Hotel Wernigerode 26 July
73 Hornburg 27 July Erwin Neher	74 Hornburg 27 July Erwin Neher 12.45	75 Hornburg 27 July Erwin Neher	76 Hornburg 27 July Erwin Neher	77 Hornburg 27 July Erwin Neher	78 Hornburg 27 July Erwin Neher
79 Hornburg 27 July Erwin Neher	80 Hornburg 27 July Erwin Neher	81 Hornburg 27 July Erwin Neher	82 Lunch en route from Hornburg to Eddigehausen	83 Control room of water mill	84 Automatic rake for water mill
85 Sluice gates of water mill	86 Automatic rake hydraulics	87 Turbine flywheel in action	88 Nehers' garden	89 Nehers' cat	90 Nehers' cat
91 Erwin and Eva Neher	92 Nehers' garden	93 Nehers' house 27 July	94 Nehers' garden. Pond with dragonflies	95 Nehers' house	96 Nehers' house
97 Nehers' house	98 Fireplace in Nehers' converted barn	99 Nehers' house	100 Train from Norton Hardenberg. Changing to Platform 72 at Kreiensen	101 Second change in Goslar. Time for pancake	102 July 28 July ICE from Hildesheim to Frankfurt
103 Assmannshausen 28 July	104 Assmannshausen 28 July	105 Assmannshausen 28 July	106 Alte Bauernschänke Assmannshausen 29 July	107 Cruise from Assmannshausen to Boppard	108 Rhine cruise 29 July
109 Rhine cruise 29 July	110 Rhine cruise 29 July	111 Rhine cruise 29 July	112 Rhine cruise 29 July Bacharach	113 Rhine cruise 29 July	114 Rhine cruise 29 July
115 Boppard Lunch on Rhine cruise 29 July	116 Rhine cruise 29 July Lunch Boppard	117 Rhine cruise 29 July Lunch Boppard	118 Rhine cruise 29 July Lunch Boppard	119 Rhine cruise 29 July Boppard	120 Robin Fairbairns and Linda
121 Rhine cruise 29 July Fairbairns + MAB in Boppard	122 Rhine cruise 29 July Return trip	123 Rhine cruise 29 July return trip	124 Rhine cruise 29 July Lorelei statue	125 Rhine cruise 29 July Lorelei rock	126 User comments
127 Rhine cruise 29 July	128 Alte Bauernschänke, Assmannshausen	129 Assmannshausen 29 July	130 Assmannshausen 29 July	131 Bingen 30 July, via ferry from Rudesheim	132 Ferry back to Rudesheim from Bingen 30 July
133 Rudesheim, 30 July	134 Hunde-Bar. Alte Bauernschänke	135 Rudesheim, 30 July	136 Rudesheim, 30 July from Seilbahn	137 Rudesheim, 30 July from Seilbahn	138 Rudesheim, 30 July from Seilbahn
139 National Denkmal1870-71	140 Rudesheim, 30 July from Seilbahn	141 Rudesheim, 30 July from Blickpunkt	142 Rudesheim, 30 July Blickpunkt	143 Rudesheim, 30 July from Denkmal	144 Rudesheim, 30 July from Seilbahn
145 Rudesheim 30 July	146 Rudesheim 30 July	147 Rudesheim 30 Julys	148 Hungarian-German restaurant 30 July	149 Heidelberg 31 July	150 Lunch with Holmes at Rossi's
151 Wilckensstrasse Heidelberg 31 July	152 Wilckensstrasse 39. We lived there, 1990 -91	153 Wilckensstrasse 39. Now vacant and overgrown	154 Wilckensstrasse 39	155 Wilckensstrasse 39	156 Wilckensstrasse 39 overgrown
157 Wilckensstrasse 41. Bert Sakmann lived there.	158 Heiligenberg from Neckarmuntzplatz	159 Heiligenberg from Neckarmuntzplatz	160 Englische Garten from Neckarmuntzplatz	161 View from hotel window, 31 July	162 View from hotel. Departure morning 1 August
163 Very hot at Köln station Haagen Daz break