Getting there: 2.5 hour train trip from Berlin Hbf. Train continues on to Prague and is run by Czech Railways, so menu in dining car is in Czech, German and English and shows prices in Czech korunas as well as euros. It was snowing on the day in Dresden
Getting there: train from Soller to Palma main station, then on foot, approaching from the seafront rather than city side. Overall impression: it's huge! Lovely colour - tawny. Bulky and a bit hulking on the outside rather than elegant. Unusual to see cathedral on the ocean, more often
Getting there: train from Frankfurt via Mannheim. 20 minute walk from Strasbourg main station. Beautiful town, street signs in French and German or local dialect thereof. Overall impression: stunning. Gaps in architecture make for airy feel. Plaza in front very pretty (and busy). No entrance fee early in the morning.
Getting there: chaotic train journey from Reichenbach an der Fils, where I'd been to see HISS play a gig, to Stuttgart and from there via Karlsruhe to Freiburg. Hours lost but had the pleasure of meeting an older German gentleman who had just buried his mother (101 years
Getting there: travelled by train from Madrid's Chamartin, take a taxi to the city centre. Usually a city's cathedral is within walking distance of the main station, but in Burgos the high-speed train drops you a few km outside of of town, so a taxi or
Getting there: train from Atocha station in Madrid. You need to book, it's often full. Scorching hot day, so hot my mobile overheated and turned itself off. Toledo is on a hilltop and the train station is at the bottom, so prepare to climb (or take a taxi)
Getting there: train from Brussels Central station, then walk from Ghent station to the old centre. It's a good 30 minute walk that takes you through some pretty parks and squares such as this one: 0:00 /0:08 1× The old centre of Ghent is amazing, you
Getting there: train from Brussels Central station. Quick look at Place d'Espagne and its Don Quixote sculpture. Antwerp train is amazing: beautiful building, platforms on several levels, and it opens onto Antwerp Zoo. Impression of cathedral: from the city side, seems hemmed in but from the riverside it