Hello from Cologne, yes we made it, despite oversleeping on the train and thinking we'd missed Cologne. Luckily the train was late (so much for German efficiency) so we were still over an hour away. We arrived at 8:20 and set out to do some sightseeing. Unfortunately, impressive as it is, the Cathedral is right outside the train station and appears to be the only sight to see in Cologne, so that didn't take long. So we slept/sunbathed in a park on the banks o...

hey guys berlin has been awesome these past two days what with the world cup final and all. we saw both the 3rd-4th playoff and the final in treptower park which was packed. we were not fortunate enough to see berlins most famous band the 17 hippies however. also frequented the fan fest area around the brandenberg gate hoping to get on tv... whilst soaking up the football fever of course. last night we went out in hope of gettin a taste of berlins infamous n...

Hello from Berlin (apparently STA don't do pictures of Germany, hence Tower Bridge). Did some hard-core backpacking to get here, overnight train (with a change, which we aced), just a seat to save money and arrived in Berlin at 04:53 this morning. Well it seemed like a good idea at the time. Whatever the knack is for sleeping on trains we don't have it, and so have wimped out and reserved bunks for Mondays train. As such we were shattered when we arrived, but...