City Class Europa Am Dom Cologne

So...sorry I'm really really bad about updating this. It will probably only get less frequent as time goes on because I really have nothing new and exciting to report. I've basically fallen into routine here and most of the stuff that seemed interesting at first has become normal to me. I will say that this week has been pretty fun. Tanya took me shopping and bought me a new bag and a dress which was pretty freakin' awesome of ...

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... in things that involved their land, their culture. While world issues seem very far away, historic events like the Potato Famine seem present in their every day lives. It is also a culture very focused on death. Apparently funerals are a huge event in the Irish countryside with absolutely everyone attending. Much bigger than weddings, they last three days and are filled with high-spirited drinking. Additionally, there are death announcements every several
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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. The cathedral was badly damaged during the bombing but the structure remained standing. The construction of the cathedral was started in 1248 but not finished until 1880. At ...

... awed. The church did have a 'sanctified' feeling, and I was asked to remove my hat inside the building.

We took a few tasty and large pretzels and apfel strudels for lunch, once again enjoying the delights of German pastry shops. Unfortunately we did not have the time to visit the German-Roman museum, but we did manage to buy a few things at their gift shop.

... kann das Geschäft ja nur sehr bald wied** auf die Beine kommen.

Das Fußballturni** hat mich in d** Annahme bestätigt, dass es nicht gut für die Kondition ist ein Jahr lang so gut wie kein Sport zu treiben. Uns** Team (aus irgendeinem Grund spielte ich in Asien mit) v**lor doch recht glanzlos. Vor den zwei Eigentoren im letzten Spiel sah es so aus als würde sich kein** uns**** Spiel** in die Torschützenliste eintragen können. Team Lev**kusen gewann am ...

... into step by step. Just riding * bike itself is re*lly self sufficient *ct th*t I would love to he*r **** like th*t from people. I c*n then *dd it into my zine. It will be sent to some spots *round where I tr*vel, or possibly if I find someone willing to put it up on the net, th*t might be *lso *n option. The point in it in * w*y though is to keep it in this world, *s in p*per. Got tons of gre*t shots. this m*chine is not co-oper*ting re*son*bly so them sh*ll w*it.

... thirty years war destroyed 85-90% of Bavaria's and Rhineland's population, towns, and infrastructure; Napoleon wars killed thousands; WWI killed millions of soldiers and civilians; WWII killed 3.5 million soldiers and roughly 3 million civilians, about 8% of their population; thousands starved to death in the post WWII rubble; post WWI money was worthless, as was post WWII. Because Germany has had such a turbulent history, they are constantly skeptical, wary of anything that ...

... I learned today...people are much nicer to you if you communicate with them in ANY kind of language other than just pointing. Just because pharmacists don't speak English doesn't mean they don't know the generic name for most medications. And finally, if you want something here, you have to keep asking until you get it or in my case...embarrass yourself long enough to figure out what works and what doesn't!

... are all ugly, but actually they kind of are compared to the ones we've seen here! On our walk from the train station to the hotel, we must have seen over a hundred police officers hanging around the city (very strange since Steve said he hasn't seen one since he's been here). We soon discovered as we continued walking that there was protest march going on in one of the squares. Of course, I wanted to go closer to find out what was going on, but Steve wouldn't let me..."Are you crazy?", he ...