Koln
Travel Blogs from Koln, Germany
German Xmas Markets and Chris' Mom's 2nd visit
... 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 ...
Grand Gothic on the Rhine
... bar 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 ...
The (self-proclaimed) Merry Widows
... 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 ...
Christmas markets again
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 ...
Trains, god I hate trains
... 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 ...
I survived the Ring
Five weeks ago, myself, Lucy and our mate Andrew Faulkner, loaded up the golf to do a spot of camping and to drive a lap of the Nurburgring. Synonymous with Nikki Lauda crashing and catching on fire. I had booked the trip two weeks previous and I had ...
Christmas Markets
... , 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
... 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 ...
Wie Geht´s?
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 ...
Ding dong dom and the golden ticket
... 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!
... 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
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
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 ...
Laufen in Köln
Entry to follow (I AM kind of travelling here, you know?). Thanks for your patience. Check back ...
Trains ain't my thing today........
... 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 ...
overstap in Keulen, een specialleke
De overstap in Keulen zou normaal gezien niets speciaal geweest zijn. Gewoon van de Thalys overstappen op de nachttrein. Niet echt spectaculair ... Dit was echter buiten de supporters van Keulen gerekend... We hadden een uurtje de tijd en dachten ...
Another fun trip...
... hit the Cathedral, but don't drink the Margaritas! 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 ...
First Impressions of Cologne - The Karnival City
... 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 ...
Parallelwelten
Ja, schon fast zwei Wochen zurück in Köln. Neben mir auf dem Schreibtisch liegen immernoch Stapel handschriftlich verfasster Blogeinträge und warten darauf digitalisiert zu werden. Bin ich noch nicht zu gekommen, mache ich aber noch. Versprochen. ...
La tierra del Rhein
Bueno, me voy para Colonia. ¿Como?; y en tren: €69. Entonces no. Por suerte a Frank se acordo de algo llamado Mitfahrzentrale (central de viajes acompañanado, o algo asi), que es un lugar donde toda la gente que viaja en auto sola de una ciudad a ...
What did you just say?
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!
... 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
... 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, ...
amsterdam to rhineland
... of little sandwich style cookies--not bad. Evian is much cheaper over here :). We made it to our hotel (ramada, but nice) in Koln, Germany. A dinner buffet at the hotel was included tonight, and it was quite good. Not sure what all I had, but I ...
My First night in Europe
... being 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 ...


