oh I see, I will be staying in the 2nd e.

There is no direct train from Paris to cochem? I do not like the hassle of changing trains, and the waiting times & all, esp. I'm bringing quite a lot of stuff with a toddler.

Louise, I meant did you look into flying into DUS

"I just check out Frankfurt and frankly quite disappointed. Cologne is much more interesting but sadly, it is quite difficult to find flights in/out Singapore at non-exorbitant rates."

I wouldn't recommend Dusseldorf as a place to visit (unless you really want to see the K-21) I've noticed that it seems to be an airport with more traffic than Cologne.

Enjoy your trip

Lsky yes yes thanks, I did get your meaning but dusseldorf doesn't have direct flights to singapore, usually transit at frankfurt & also quite ex.

I think I will be quite sick to hear incessant complaining from my hubby about the travelling inconvenience with the bags & the baby, especially if we do get lost in foreign land so I think I will chicken out from luxembourg & just concentrate on paris & cochem & take easy paid daytrips out of these two bases & then fly out of frankfurt.

here is no direct train from Paris to Cochem? I do not like the hassle of changing trains, and the waiting times & all, esp. I'm bringing quite a lot of stuff with a toddler.>

No no direct trains but many rail links involve just one simple change of trains in Luxembourg City - and this is a great place for a few-hour respite - put your bags in a station luggage locker and stroll around what IME is physically one of the most gorgeous towns in France - gorgeous because the town is bisected by a deep gorge.

Have lunch... they continue the about one hour to Cochem by train. Luxembourg's train station is small and easily manageable IME of going thru it zillions of times.

With a 1 1/2 old child should not make any tour. the child needs to rest. Looking for You became a child impressive hotel in a scenic area (mecklenburger Lakeland) or the Baltic Sea. Here you can hike, relax or make Städtebummel (visited Hanseatic cities (Stralsund, Wismar, Hamburg) - but only day trips. Or else you will find rest in Thuringia (Country of martin Luther, Goethe, etc.) Here's all Manageable and ideal for small children. Between the cities gint a continuous train

The fewer destinations you have with the toddler the better - make somewhere your base and do small trips out from there. Baby will often sleep in the stroller if you are out and about when it's nap time. An apartment is helpful. When we travelled with our then 16 month old we also had a car to carry all the junk that you need for small children. If you are travelling by train try to restrict yourselves to only as much baggage as one person can handle - possibly 2 rolling suitcases with a cabin bag or bags you can thread over one of the handles. The other person is left free to manhandle the stroller and carry the child. That person could also wear a backpack. Much more than this is not so practical.

We found it not very difficult to travel with our child at that age and people in airports and shops are charmed by babies and small children (lots of free bread rolls in bakeries and sweets elsewhere!). Enjoy Germany, it's a lovely country!

Lavandula