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Cologne Slideshow
Cologne
Travel Blogs from Cologne, Germany
The Dom and the rest of Aachen
Hey All, So Colin and I left Stefan, Chrissy and Selma and headed over to Koln, Germany. But not before recording a little video message from them (and us)... I don't know if it will work, but we will try and post it! Koln was very windy ...
Viewing the Dom in Köln
Cycled 420km to Köln... It has been great so far! Cycling going well, no pain in my bum or other weird things happening to my body. so far so good. BUT: The fun starts on the other side of the river Rhine...their the mountains/hills are waiting ...
Aussie! Aussie! Aussie!
... the game I went into Heumarkt with the huge TV screen there. I was quite suprised to see how many Aussies were in Cologne when I arrived. I would have thought that they would all be elsewhere in Germany but I guess they all came out of hiding for ...
Cologne - The Other German Market
As we were staying in the centre of town we were free to head into town under our own steam. I left the hotel and walked down the river bank as advised in the direction of the cathedral. As i walked along the bank it began to get both dark and cold. I ...
Fall Break Begins, and I head to Ireland!
... to post blogs, that's an event that will have to be seen to be believed. I have arrived safely back in Cologne after my trip, surprisingly delighted to be "back at home" in my apartment and surrounded by German. My language skills are ...
The Final Tour
Another early start for our walking tour of Cologne. We started at the ship and walked through the Old Town to the cathedral. The Old Town isn’t really old. It was completely destroyed during WWII. It was slowly rebuilt to look like the original. ...
One night for Kolsch
We wanted to make sure that we got to drink a fresh, tasty Kolsch beer straight from the source. It was a lot shorter than we thought it was going to be, we were only there for a little less than 24 hours. It was long enough to walk around ...
Montag morgen - jetzt geht's los ...
Mama, Papa, zwei Käsehoch und 80kg Gepäck machen sich auf den Weg nach Frankfurt ... im ICE in Köln wird Ben die 1. Klasse erst einmal mit Hochfrequenz-Schwingungen vertraut machen ... in Frankfurt haben wir knapp 3h Zeit den Flug zu verpassen, aber ...
Cologne, Germany
Cologne has turned out to be a pleasant surprise. I wasnt expecting much, we had only booked a place to stay here because it was on the way to where we are headed and we found cheap accommodations. Our first night in town, we didnt do much. We were both ...
Helsinki to Cologne
... anywhere reasonably flat. I could not gather enough energy to climb 70 km hills as deep as 17% several times before coming to Cologne. Dude, I think Frank he addressed himself took me to his middle-home with two girls and a pretty barbara(name made up ...
Week 4/5.2
... the manufacturing sector; amazing for a 1st world country. I really enjoy these "fieldtrips" taken to the business sectors of Koln and Germany; so we can actually get a better glimpse into how the country works. After our meeting, we all went out to a ...
Cologne, and my last days in London
... a great time, but I am very much looking forward to getting back :) To fill you in on the last week or so, I went to Cologne (Germany) from Saturday to late Tuesday for a visit, and it was GREAT!! I was hosted by my friends Britta and Heleno, and ...
Bonn and Cologne
... West Germany, we saw the German History Museum "Haus der Geschichte" and the house where Beethoven was born. In cologne we saw the largest cathedral in Germany - die Kölner Dom. The church is so large and beautiful that it took my breath away. We went ...
Why is there a bed in here?
... then broke off, Caitlyn and I went to have a drink and the rest of the group went on a gelato excursion. We left for Cologne early Saturday morning and arrived there about noon. Stepping off the train and turning the corner, the view of ...
Cologne
... a stroll though the narrow lanes and attractive squares of the old city there is the oldest city hall in germany called Rathaus Romisch- Germanisches Museum, St maria in kapitol,and Belgisches Viertel notable for resturants and bars ...
Köln Karnival!!!
... cool dinosaur bones in the prehistoric section. haha It was a nice, relaxing time and felt like home. i miss her already I'm in cologne now visiting a friend i met in Australia, anne marie. they are known for the big karnival here, its just like in rio ...
Our very first field trip!!!
... of class and then the first block is over! I cannot believe how fast time is flying!!!! We took our first field trip to Cologne, Germany, and I was very excited for this because I haven't been to Germany yet. The bus left campus at 8:15, and it ...
Screw you Honecker, We're in the West now...
We arrived safely in Koln, home of a magnificent cathedral that was started to be buit in the 1200s. Koln/Cologne is a big city and in West Germany. It's very different than the small town feel of Eisenach and East Germany. I was ...
The adventure begins
... , Skype has inexplicably refused to work, making phone calls prohibitively expensive, and my cell phone refuses to work in Germany. So I sit here filthy from wearing the same clothes for four days, including the sweat worked up sprinting around the ...
Day in Cologne
... there were only 2 other people in the whole cathedral. It was very strange. This is one of the largest cathedrals in all of Germany and I practically had the whole place to myself. Good time for some pictures. The bones of the 3 wise men are here. ...
Germany - FINALLY!!!
... home is. Funny that it is called a village when in fact it has over 50,000 people. But in comparison with Cologne’s over 1 million, I guess that is considered small. On the way to the house we passed a car accident (minor luckily) ...
Hallo Deutschland
... we visit Auswitch, the concentration camp in Poland where an estimated 1 million Jewish people died. OK so now to Germany, we took a train from Amsterdam to Cologne or Köln as its locally know, pronouned kooln kind of hehe. The train was a pleasant ...
You know you're tired...
... for when staying here. This was so much nicer than a hotel room. I spent the night chatting with Nelly and Ralph from Germany, Mor from Argentina, Nikki from UK, and Carolina from Venezuela. What was so interesting was that they drifting in and out ...
How Suicide Interfered with my Diploma Exam
... person." Clearly a suicide attempt. Everybody knew. Jumping in front of an ICE train, is a popular way to committ suicide in Germany. And there is nothing the train conductor can do about it. This train travels at more than 200 or 300 kilometers per ...
Hallo von Köln, Deutschland!
... by myself, and went into the oldest ''coffeeshop'' (actually marijuana shop) with Nat. Don't worry, Mom. :o) And now I'm in Cologne, Germany! It's so cool how close all these countries are to each other... makes travelling much more fun! Nat and I ...