A Day of Rest without Beer and Fish and Chips.

I deserve a rest!  Although I'm on permanent holiday, I still need a day off sometimes!   In the photo Meggie can be seen sitting on the top deck far right, you can just about make her out, as she waits for the 16.40 to Hamburg to depart.  This is a regional, double decker slow train, that can accommodate so many passengers.  We cannot have them in the UK because our ancient bridges are too low.  What a pity, they are great fun in which to ride and to enjoy a panoramic view of the countryside.   After our "goodbyes" I came straight home, gasping for English tea!

We had a final coffee together in the station cafe and arranged to meet again in Hannover to walk in the "Herrenhausen Gardens,"  a legacy from the Hannoverian Kings.  More information can be found on  www.wikipedia/herrenhausen   I have seen pictures of these Baroque gardens, but the nearest I've ever been to them is on Platform 4 at Hannover's main railway station where I'm usually eating a cheese and tomato baguette.

In the vast entrance hall at Braunschweig station is this detailed model of a German village and railway.  For a small fee you can make the trains race around the tracks. The lower photos show an "ICE" Intercityexpress, car carrying trucks, (Wolfsburg the VW Autostadt is not far from BS)  and various goods wagons.  It is a delightful model, and is always surrounded by excited children begging for money for the slot machine to make the trains move.  The trees and houses are particularly well modelled.

Cows, undisturbed in the foreground, continue to chew the cud!

"ICE" Intercityexpress in the forground, with half timbered houses behind.

VW cars from Wolfsburg, with a steam train pulling into the station.