Trip – EU2011-05 Wuppertal Germany

Wuppertal, Germany
October 7, 2011
Trip to Europe 2011

 
07-OCT-2011
The German language– for some reason, even though I knew I was going to be in the german speaking country of germany, I didn’t think about the fact the once switching trains after the chunnel, I would be on a german train, I was kind of expecting a bit of french, but nien! Getting tired enough from the travel that I can understand almost every word I read, thats a bad sign.

Wuppertal Germany. Came here over night to see and ride on one of the strangest trasportation lines I’ve ever seen. The opposite of a subway, but the main transport for the town, it’s an elevated. It actually is hanging from the track. Something you would expect maybe at an amusement park, but no, there are tickets and stations. The ‘hangway’ (i don’t have any idea what it is called) goes directly over a winding river, the turns and goes up a hill a bit and follows over a main downtown street. The cars are still swinging after pulling into the station stops as the doors open. Fun for rebalancing whe hopping on or off. Not much to do in the Wupp, other than ride the track or go to a zoo, but only went to ride the track. Picked up a train back to Köln, for the travel to Münchin.

Grand Central Train, York Station with a destination of London, about a 2 hour trip

The setup for the free tea or coffee and 'savoury or sweet' snack, not chicken or beef

We got the British Rail Pass, which lets you on first class cars on the trains. The second class was packed.

York station out the window

one of the many power plants along this train line

Deboard in London King Cross Station

Across the street to another station, London St Pancras Station, to head to Germany

Everyone was tired in the waiting room after getting through security

Boarding the chunell train

The last quick view before going under the english channel

First view on the other side

Belgium, i love the wires in this shot

Somewhere near brussels in belgium, if not brussels

the YMCA in german

an old church in Wuppertal Germany

Riding on the haning 'above way' transit system, the only one like it in the world

The Wuppertal underpass to the train station

a church outside the train station of Köln, Deutschland (Cologne Germany), had a few minutes there so went out of the station to look

a church outside the train station of Köln, Deutschland (Cologne Germany), had a few minutes there so went out of the station to look

The cracks were a bit scary looking, i think a repair is needed bad

Church across the square (outside the train station) that was being repaired

somewhere near stutgart

Headed to Munich