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Re: Dilemma - please help (none / 1)

My thought was to get the overnight train from Prague to Frankfurt and then to travel onto Cologne during the day so I get to absorb some scenery along the way. (trying to go by some of DoDo's suggestions in my earlier Prague/Europe diary).

So I either stay overnight in Frankfurt and spend a few hours in Cologne before getting the overnight to Paris or have a few hours in Frankfurt and then go to Cologne and stop overnight. Or only visit Cologne.

Booking the trains this evening!

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Tue Aug 5th, 2008 at 02:19:30 PM EST
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Re: Dilemma - please help (4.00 / 2)

Unless you feel the pull of say, the Goethe house or the Communications museum you can see most of what is to be seen in the centre of Frankfurt in around 3 hours or so I would say.

by Metatone (metatone [a|t] gmail (dot) com) on Tue Aug 5th, 2008 at 03:01:43 PM EST
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Re: Dilemma - please help (none / 1)

I think that is my most likely option. I'd like to see the skyscrapers! Do you know if I'd be able to leave my backpack at the train station? lockers/left luggage?

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Tue Aug 5th, 2008 at 03:08:57 PM EST
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Re: Dilemma - please help (none / 1)

Yes, according to this they do have luggage lockers. (Actually, I knew that without checking; all large stations in Germany do. But this website is useful for checking if you are going to a much smaller station, which may not have them).

by gk (g k quattro due due sette "at" gmail.com) on Tue Aug 5th, 2008 at 03:23:23 PM EST
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Re: Dilemma - please help (none / 0)

Ah thanks. I found a traveller review that thought there were lockers, but thanks for confirming. That makes all the difference! I can explore Frankfurt for a few hours without a huge backpack to drag about with me.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Tue Aug 5th, 2008 at 03:25:26 PM EST
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Re: Dilemma - please help (none / 1)

There used to be both, but I haven't been there for a couple of years now. Google seems to indicate they are still there.

by Metatone (metatone [a|t] gmail (dot) com) on Tue Aug 5th, 2008 at 03:25:46 PM EST
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