My arrival into Brussels from Düsseldorf marked the start of the last leg of my brief adventure into Germany. All that was now left was the journey back across Belgium, the top corner of France and under the Channel to London, a journey that can only be made with Eurostar. As with the leg from Düsseldorf to Brussels, I’d decided to upgrade on this two-hour leg and would be travelling in Standard Premier between the Belgian and British capitals.
Having had around 44 hours in Düsseldorf, exploring it and the surrounding area, it was time to start making my way back to England. This journey would essentially be the reverse of my journey out, with me first catching a train to Brussels, before changing onto another that would take me through the Channel Tunnel back to London. As with the journey out, the entirety of the journey back I would be travelling with Eurostar, however for the trip home I had upgraded to Standard Premier.
Having arrived into Düsseldorf late the night before, I had not explore the city other than catch the S-bahn out to Gerresheim where my hotel was. With just under 48 hours in the German city, I wanted to make sure I explore both it and some of the surrounding area, and so the morning after my arrival, I headed back to the S-bahn station to catch a train east. This would take me not into Düsseldorf itself but out along the Wupper river valley to the nearby city of Wuppertal, home of a very interesting railway.
With my trip to Düsseldorf being mainly a rail based one, I had a yearning for some Avgeekery and, with Germany’s fourth busiest airport just a few stops from the city centre, I decided to spend the morning of the final day of my trip spotting at Düsseldorf airport.
Having arrived into Bruxelles-Midi onboard a Eurostar service from London, I had just over an hour to kill before I continued my trip to Düsseldorf by boarding another train bound for Dortmund. This would be another Eurostar service, although one formerly operated by Thalys before their merger with Eurostar, and I was looking forward to seeing the differences between the ‘red’ Eurostar that was new to me and the ’blue’ Eurostar that I was used to. However, before catching that train, I had some time for some dinner and so headed outside the station to find some food!
Less than four weeks after my quick trip to Ireland, I was heading back down to London ready to start another trip. This time I wasn’t heading for Ireland via Heathrow, but for Germany via St Pancras, a journey I’d be completing by just two international train services. My ultimate destination was Düsseldorf, but for the first leg of the trip was from St Pancras to Brussels, travelling with Eurostar in standard class.
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