Quedlinburg, Germany

Arrive Germany.

Our conductor checked where we were getting off the train, which is different to where we originally booked and he set an alarm which goes off an hour before arrival.  All terribly organised. Breakfast of rolls, spreads and coffee was delivered to our cabin and we arrived at Hannover about 6.30. There was a juice stand at the station where we got freshly made veggie juice to boost our vitamin intake. We had an hour wait for our next train where we'd booked a first class ticket as the price was almost the same, but there wasn't much difference between the two. First class had individual cabins which seated 6. We had 1 other person with us who had to put up with us making smelly salmon rolls. This train left 10 minutes late, and arrived 15 minutes late from a 1 and a half hour trip. This meant we missed our train to Quedlinburg.  Fortunately there was one an hour later.

Roy snoozing on the last leg to Quedlinburg

The lady conductor on our last train was very friendly and even gave us some chocolate. We walked from the station to our hotel which is smack bang in the middle of the town square where the Christmas Market is. It's lovely.

View from our hotel room

 We bought lunch at the market, including sauerkraut and wors and Roy had a beer. Roy asked one of the ladies we bought food from whether it's legal to drink beer on the streets. We had such a laugh when she said only homeless people had beer in public during the day. But we were ok because we were tourists. Local people would have gluhwein rather, and beer at home.

Sauerkraut

Our hotel in the background, the red and black

More food. Wors.

We rested a little at the hotel, then strolled a bit more around the town. Taking a slow evening. Will pop down for some supper from the market and then have an early night.