> Germany has an excellent high speed train system, and there are many > trains between Berlin and Koeln. The high speed ones take 4.5 hours > and cost about 100 Euro. The slower ones take up to 6.5 hours and > will be around 85 Euro. You can buy tickets in any major train > station but on the long distance connections you always need to > reserve a seat, and that's done best a few days ahead. Time schedules > and tickets online via <http://www.bahn.de/p/view/index.shtml>. if you hurry up and book at least 3 days ago, you even can get an extra discount. Cheers, ce
