Tuesday, 26th July: Time to travel back home. Mr T. is a frugal and financially prudent person who had cannily determined that our journey back would be cheaper if we flew from Bonn airport rather than Duesseldorf, despite requiring an additional train journey with a change in Cologne.
Mrs T therefore drove us to the station at Osterath. This did have the faint air of the deserted station in the film “The Station Agent”, with weeds abounding between the rails. However, a double decker train did stop there and we managed to acquire a seat on the top deck for an enjoyable ride.
We arrived at Cologne with 15 minutes between trains and I realised that this was our last opportunity to enjoy ice cream in Germany. Leaving Mr T with the luggage I set out for a search in the very large Cologne railway station, and to my delight found an excellent ice cream parlour and bought two large cones for us, which we enjoyed with relish.
Bonn airport involved a long walk and a long wait, fairly typical for air travel. We spent the latter in one of the small restaurants having a light lunch and a drink to while away the hours before proceeding through the gate.
We arrived back in Stansted and did not have to wait too long for the Stansted Express back to Cambridge, and thence home.
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