Today is another day on the train as we move from Barcelona to Fuengirola in the south where we will spend a week.
We had one more day in Barcelona and, to ensure we saw as much as possible, we had decided to use the hop-on/hop-off bus system.
Here we were, in this glorious suite in a 4-star hotel in Barcelona with stunning views over the Espana Plaza and up the hill to the National Art Museum of Catalonia. It was difficult to leave the views and go down to breakfast but we eventually got down to the…
After another limited Continental breakfast we booked out of the hotel in Lyon.
Lyon? What on earth made us choose Lyon for a stopover?
We enjoyed Cologne. It is a city with so many really beautiful buildings and a lovely promenade along the bank of the Rhine River.
On leaving the train yesterday evening, we once again got a strong icy blast as we had in Hamburg.
After all the frustrations and stresses in boarding our train from Copenhagen, we had a beautiful and interesting train ride to Cologne. It was a 5 hour journey and we enjoyed a variety of weather and scenery.
Today I will write about the next leg of our journey, leaving the Scandinavian states after a wonderful 2 weeks.
It had been our intention to stop over in Gothenborg to visit the Volvo Museum but what we did not do in advance was check the opening hours.