Koln, Germany Travel Blogs

German Xmas Markets and Chris' Mom's 2nd visit
Dec 14, 2003 (9 photos)

... Christmas markets. We left the house around 7:30 a.m. and arrived back home around midnight after driving to Aachen, Cologne (Koln) and Dusseldorf, Germany. It is very common in Germany for each little town to have a Christmas market in it's main square ...

The (self-proclaimed) Merry Widows
Aug 23, 2005 (70 photos)

... two of her friends, Denise and Cookie, visited with us for 2 weeks in August. We had a great time exploring Amsterdam, Belgium and Germany. The trip this time was much more smooth for Mel's Mom - no delays, no sleeping in airports, none of the mess of the ...

Grand Gothic on the Rhine
Jun 12, 2007 (15 photos)

... crawl along the river would have been fun - but autobahns and oompa barcrawls do not mix. (S) Ahhh...back to Germany for a fly by of the Koln Cathedral. It's kinda one of those must-do's, so we did. However, the 3 billion stairs we had to PAY to ...

Christmas markets again
Dec 5, 2004 (7 photos)

Having been to the Christmas markets the previous year, Lucy and I booked another flight to go to Germany for another weekend. This time, we planned to do the markets in Munster and koln, once again. We also wanted to get back to Wewelsburg as we wanted to ...

Trains, god I hate trains
Oct 3, 1996 (1 photos)

... not let us on. Another inspector pointed out a train to us to get on now as it was about to leave. This one was going to Koln as well, so we jumped on it and tried to sleep whilst the train went through the night on its way to Koln. Upon arriving at Koln, ...

I survived the Ring
Jun 23, 2003 (15 photos)

... I had ridden on my pushy in 96, right past it. We rode off, through the ghost town that is Bonn and went back to Köln. The next morning, we hopped onto the bikes, we went back onto the Autobahn and headed for Belgium. We stopped of at Ghent for lunch, ...

Christmas Markets
Dec 1, 2003 (10 photos)

... , I have been working with a German girl, Gabby, and when I mentioned to her that Lucy wanted to go to Christmas markets in Germany, she insisted that we go to Monschau as it was a traditional little village. In other words, a proper one. We had a car ...

Sie Krauter
Sep 1, 2006 (11 photos)

... Chelise´s friend (Simon) was getting married in Denmark we decided to head up there. Another good reasons is that I had met a girl from Koln in the Phillipines so this gave me an excuse to see her (in her natural German habitat). Her name is Diane, but her ...

Wie Geht´s?
Jan 13, 2005 (3 photos)

We´re in GERMANY! We caught a 2 1\2 hour train to Köln and we love it here! Kevan´s admiring the nice cars (still an ever-present lack of Jeeps) and I´ve finally realized that knowing a little German can get you a long way. Our to-do list got slightly ...

Ding dong dom and the golden ticket
Feb 6, 2006 (13 photos)

... a good bloke. He is from Queensland (I know what you're thinking: a good bloke from QLD? Not possible!). Scott is in Germany because he is doing a semester of university here in a little while. We have been travelling around the city together and we have ...

Ooh a VIP!
Feb 10, 2006 (11 photos)

... pub you see here is just astounding. Something I am beginning to miss about Australia is the good food that we enjoy. Here in Germany there isn't that much choice and in the supermarket, it is difficult to find fresh produce. I have only seen one Asian ...

into fairyland
Jun 1, 2006

After catching the 5 am train to rhine groggie eyed we stepped into the fairyland book of grim, with gingerbread looking houses, cobblestone streets, Kuku clocks,and about 12 bus loads of Japanese tourists, all loaded with cameras! After hitting the ...

Koln
Jul 14, 2005

Koln We left Cesky Krumlov on 14th July and took a train to Prague where we flew to Koln for a couple of days. The weather was good, we looked around the cathedral and the town. I was quite sick on the last day there, probably because of some very strange ...

Laufen in Köln
Jul 26, 2007

Entry to follow (I AM kind of travelling here, you know?). Thanks for your patience. Check back later!

Que noche en Köln
Apr 16, 2006

Frances Cartas

Koln and Frankfurt
Jul 10, 1972

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Trains ain't my thing today........
Jul 24, 2006 (7 photos)

... neck. Sad thing is it was in one of the holders for around your neck, but I had slid it into my pocketbook. Now in Koln, Germany I have to change trains to get into sleeper car. I can hardly wait. CHANGED TRAINS, I thought European train system was ...

Europe
May 3, 2006 (1 photos)

Travel

Another fun trip...
Sep 12, 2009 (40 photos)

...   Here are some sites about the Cathedral and it's history.... truly amazing    http://www.sacred-destinations.com/germany/cologne-cathedral.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cologne_Cathedral

Koln
Jan 6, 2006 (1 photos)

A quick stop in Koln on the way to Munich...nothing special...

First Impressions of Cologne - The Karnival City
Feb 8, 2006 (15 photos)

... but some of them look about 13. It was a good night out but not a great morning the next day! Ah, my first spew in Germany... With a horrendous hangover, Adam and I got to check out some of the museums in Cologne. For a small entry fee we went to the ...

6 days to go
Aug 16, 2009

Well, I am still at home and only have 6 days to go and still loads to do and plan and organise and buy and and and . In true Christine style I don't even have a backpack yet. But then again ... at least my travel blog site is started. Next time you will ...

La tierra del Rhein
Apr 13, 2006 (9 photos)

... muy copado que estuvo viviendo 8 meses en Dublin y que hace 4 meses estaba viajando por Europa. Nos fuimos con el a recorrer Köln, nos tomamos unas cervezas en las escalinatas de la catedral (eramos los unicos) paseamos por el Rhein y nos fuimos a comprar ...

What did you just say?
Apr 18, 2006

Ok, Germany is hilarious. I don't have the slightest clue what anyone is saying to me. At least in Italian and French I can semi-understsand. German sounds like jibberish and I can't help but laught when people try to talk to me. The people here are ...

Köln has a Great Personality!
May 15, 2007 (8 photos)

... one point a lady with a little beard on each side of her chin came up asking for money, that was my first panhandler in Germany. Suddenly, I had to go to the bathroom and of course not a WC in sight!  I walked aimlessly and frantically for a while ...

Beer and Statues
Apr 19, 2007 (16 photos)

... a visit to anyone touring Copenhagen. Heading back to the train station, I passed a couple hours waiting for my train to Koln, Germany.  The Copenhagen train station is not the nicest place to spend time in.  Too small, crowded, and noisy, ...

My First night in Europe
Nov 9, 2004 (1 photos)

... carted around than I had ever seen before at 10 in the morning. (incidentally it is legal to drink on the street here in Germany so the revelers would cart the cases around on a wagon and drink to their hearts content. And when the beer was gone it was ...

Köln
Sep 3, 2005 (7 photos)

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Otra noche en Köln
Apr 17, 2006

Köln

Cologne is actually spelled Köln here.
Sep 26, 2008 (10 photos)

Hey Guys!!! We are currently in Germany. Another country another day, nbd. Yesterday the first thing we did is climb to the top of the Cologne Cathedral WITH our backpacks on. The staircase is a spiral staircase and really tiny and we were all ...