After 4 hours on the train from Amsterdam traveling in a comfortable first class cabin (cheaper than you think) I arrived in Dusseldorf around dinner time. First class on the train gave me more room, quieter atmosphere, larger seats, a work surface and additional usb or electric plugs to charge up my devices.  The plan was 3 weeks including Christmas/New Years in Germany visiting  a friend, visiting local Christmas markets and enjoying festive German holiday traditions within the Rhine-Westphalia region then go on to Austria.  If you are a beer drinker you will love this place. The feeling I had in Dusseldorf was of a modern Industrial city and Cologne(Koln) felt like it‘s more…