Day 5 - 11.08.2015

I am walking through this beautiful town. It looks like a small town out of a fairytale or a medieval movie. It also reminds of the Harry Potters Diagon Alley. I am visiting the Cathedral and this one is really impressiv. Well I have to pay 10 GBP but its really worth, because its not that overloaded like for example the Westminster Abbey. It is very aesthetic. 

Then I have to leave this beautiful city after a 2 hour walk around, so I didn´t visit anything else. 

I am take the train to Hastings. A friend of mine recommend me to go to the battlefield of Hastings and so I do. I really appreciate the place, the small museum, the audio guide (please use it, its worth because they explain that battle very well). Also to ruins and buildings, it amazes me a lot.

There is also a wonderful theatralic play for and with the young visitors to explain them what happened in the battle of hastings, so its also worth to go with your kids.

I go back to my hotel, because I want to rest. Walking 3 hours in Battle was quiet enough, I like to rest now.

Day 4 - 10.08.2015

This day I am just travelling around. I did a reservation the evening before, because I want to travel fast by an ICE train to Brussels. It was a good idea, because this train was also overloaded. In Brussels I notice, that I got the wrong information by the Deutsche Bahn infopoint. Also the interrail app has thos wrong timetable. I want to go to Tournai and the real timetable is different to the interrail app. It doesn´t matter, I still arrive Tournai and it seems, that its a nice city, but sadly I had no time to stay there. I take the next train to Lille. This trainstation is bigger as the trainstation in Tournai and I don´t see, how this city looks like. On this station there are a few armed soldiers, I guess because of the situation about the refugees. So I take the next train to Calais. I am walking from the trainstation through the city to the harbour, because I want to take a ferry to Dover. Calais is a small and a normal city but with beautiful buildings.

The next check in to the ferry is in 10 minutes, so I am really lucky that I do not have to wait. I find a wifi spot there and I decide to book a hotel in Canterbury. I don´t know why I chose this so spontaneous, but the name of the city sounds nice.
Lots of people on the ferry, but it has a nice atmosphere, I like it. Suddenly all the people start to move  to take a look on the white cliffs. What an amazing view. In my opinion everyone should travel to dover by ferry, it is so beautiful. I am happy that I didn´t take the expensive train from Paris to London, of course its faster but not that beautiful.

I am walking through the city of Dover to the trainstation for around 25 minutes. Dover is not so nice but it has a wonderful castle on the cliff, sadly I didn´t visit it, cause I already booked in Canterbury. So I take the train to Canterbury. Oh what a fantastic choice to stop there. It is a lovely medieval looking city. I fall in love with it. I am walking to the Pilgrim Guest house. Its a lovely nice little hotel with a wonderful restaurant. The cottage pie is delicious and then I go to bed.

Day 3 - 09.08.2015

I took an ICE train from Stuttgart to Cologne. This train was completely overloaded and I decided to leave the train in Mannheim and change to an IC train. It was a good choice, because of more space and a more interesting route along the Rhein with a lot of beautiful villages. I recommend to take the IC in generell, it will take longer but its more comfortable and you see much more from the beautiful nature. The trainstation is in front of the "Kölner Dom", what an impressive welcome.

Cologne is not that nice as I expected, but maybe I chose the wrong streets. I went to the Hard Rock Cafe and this one is also not a pretty one.

 The City hast not that typical city center as Munich or Vienna. But it is still beautiful around the Cathedral "Kölner Dom" and the building itself. I also found the historical town hall of Cologne and that is a beautiful building.

It seems to be a nice city for shopping.