BHM – PBO CrossCountry – Standard Class

One thing I like about Birmingham New Street is that they display platform information well ahead of a train’s departure allowing you to get away from the shopping centre concourse and wait on the correct platform whilst watching the trains to pass the time. Given the timings of my day, and my advanced ticket allowing travel only on the 2025 service, this is exactly what I did and also gave me the opportunity to observe what I can only describe as a “Train Hokey Cokey”!

EUS – BHM Virgin Trains – 1st Class

In early April an evening talk in the centre of Birmingham gave me the perfect opportunity to review one of the UK’s inter-city train operators, Virgin Trains.

An Adventure in Slovenia: Ljubljana Part 2

Picking up from last week’s post, we continued day 2 of our adventures in Ljubljana with lunch, obviously (this family is wholly food-orientated).

An adventure in Slovenia: Ljubljana Part 1

Last April we embarked on an adventure to Slovenia. Spending our time in both the capital city of Ljubljana and the wider country, we got to explore so much of this beautiful little country. Here's the first part of our adventure.

CGN to STN Eurowings Biz Class

After a whirlwind tour of Cologne and an excellent hot dog (read about that here!) I headed back to Cologne airport about 3 hours before my flight. This is generally a bit longer than I’d usually allow myself for a short-haul flight, however on this occasion I had good reason. I was flying Business Class!

Cologne – Destination Report

As with my previous visits to the city I thoroughly enjoyed my time in Cologne, and I am still finding more things to do and learning more and more about the city each time I visit. I would certainly recommend visiting Cologne if you have the opportunity and you can travel to the city easily with its air and rail connections.