Our apartment in New York was very nicely located and a great size for us. We were sorry to say goodbye to New York but is was time to visit Brussels!
The bus service in NYC was very good but not as organized to use as the subway. We used both NY airport transportation and olympic transportation to get to and from the airports and the port authority. The price was good and it was convienient and timely to use.
This was our first time flying on COntinental. We found their service to be the best of any US carrier that we had flown on. The only downside is that the plane we flew on for NYC to Cologne was of the size we are used to for domestic flights so lacked so of the entertainment features that we had come to expect for the kids. Everyone was tired and the children slept for most of the trip so it wasn't an issue at all. We arrived in Cologne at 8:00 in the morning an took a taxi to Koln HBF train station for our 12:45 train to Brussels.
We had 3 hours to wait so found a luggage storage locker and visited the central am dom briefly as it was right next to the station. We are doing a dry run of our tour writing abilities with the Dom so will be visiting again soon and in greater detail.
The HBF train station in Cologne had displays of tourist attractions from the USA and the clock tower from Prague. Also displayed were Indepence Hall and the Alamo.
I had fogotten that I had reserved a dining car on the train so we got a small lunch while we were waiting. The Thalys train service was fast and efficent and we arrived on time in Brussels.
A short cab ride soon had us at the goffart residence where we were luck enough to be invited to stay with a local Brussels family.
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