Drei Stadt, Zwei Länder, Eins-hoven

 As you can tell from the title our German is coming along excellently (although the various Germans we have met will likely attest otherwise! We've been on the move a lot these past two days (albeit slower than the first couple of days) and gone from Tilberg to Eindhoven to Dusseldorf, to finally settle in Koln tonight. I think going forwards we might cut it down to one major city a day: the extra time reading and applying for jobs has been much appreciated! 

Very chilly morning in Tilberg yesterday, I keep checking the weather app and while it was sub-zero here it was 11 degrees in Rome: comparatively balmy!

Who knew the Dutch like to cycle?

Cool unnamed wall under Eindhoven, I imagine its old to some degree...? who knows

You can take the boy out of the Warhammer but not the Warhammer out of the boy (or something like that). Off to Dusseldorf tomorrow to start our journey down the Rhine to Bern although we have made a minor diversion plan already... details to come! First Autobahn tomorrow, lets see how Moira can do

Moira's park up in Dusseldorf this morning, first time for both of us seeing the Rhine (I bet you can't guess who was more excited about that...). Despite the industrial estate behind us the park up was actually very scenic (and provided some nice views of the passing boats when reading in bed in the morning

Nice early cycle into Dusseldorf to start day 4 (lets just pretend we didn't stay in Moira until 2pm...) and came across lots of cool boats and a very modern skyline. 

Konigsallee in Dusseldorf is a cool example of the walls of a late medieval city being torn down by an invader (Napoleon in this case who, it turns out, actually quite popular in Dusseldorf) which actually led to a cultural boom as more shops and housing sprang up in its place. You will see a theme no doubt of me being fascinated by the echoes of past events being played out in city planning.

Glad to see the impression of Britain on the continent hasn't been tarnished by any past events...

The remains of the Dusseldorf Schloss (look at my German go!) although the tower in the foreground looks well intact there is a distinct lack of the other 3 walls...

Hopefully, but likely not, the last time I'm rooting around under the bonnet! This didn't make the journey off to Koln much easier!