Haus Friedrichsbad Hotel Bergisch Gladbach

... like the best time.

Tanya has also been giving me a lot of free time to go out and see things which is really cool of her. Yesterday I went with a friend from class to a palace in Benrath. It was pretty spiffy but they wouldn't let us see most of the rooms which kind of bummed me out. Pictures were forbidden, but somehow a couple made it onto Anika's camera. The nice thing about being a foreigner is we can just ...

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О ;дно я знаю точно: мне есть, что вспом 85;ить. Чт ...

... the local radio stations, differentiating between those who "died peacefully" and those who conspicuously lack the adverb and merely "died."
My trip to Westport was one of those journeys that will stick in my mind forever. It was one of those moments (like my trip to Aegina and my adventures at the Holiday Ales Fest, for those who understand) that made me feel amazingly alive. I have so much more to say, but this blog entry is already dangerously long. I hope to ...

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 ...

... visited baby Jesus. The cathedral took over 600 years to complete. Its twin towers used to help guide allied pilots on their bombing raids in WWII. Unfortunately the cathedral was damaged during WWII.

The cathedral was huge and inspiring. Its high vaulted ceilings held in place by flying buttresses, along with the beautiful stained glass windows, left me ...

... Okay, die meisten Leute sitzen im alten oder neuen Verwaltungsgebäude, aber selbst diese Gebäude kommen einem nach dem sechsten Termin ziemlich groß vor. Und die Neuigkeit: Aus dem mittelalten Verwaltungsgebäude (jahaa, Verwaltungsgebäude gibt's reichlich) wurde eine ...

... which, of course, I took advantage of. I also got to try Currywurst today which was pretty yummy. Laura and Alex said that it wasn't very good, but I liked it anyway so I'm anxious to see what the "good" currywurst tastes like. After that we went to a park under the tallest railway bridge in Europe. I've actually crossed this bridge on the train several times but I'd never had the opportunity to see it from outside the train. Shortly after we left there we all went to see the house ...

Today I got up "super early" after watching some movies with Ruth the previous night. I got to the old center (not far from Ruth's house by subway, about 2 or 3 stops) around 8.15am and did a super quick tour around the old city.

I loved the ancient gothic Cathedral, and walked around it for a good hour or so, taking lots of pictures and what not. Beautiful stained windows, paintings, statues, and all around good ...

... was underlined by plenty of music. Tilman and 3 friends played "the" Wedding March and an intermezzo as a string quartett. Bine (voice), Sebi (ukulele) and Sascha (guitar) gave a rendition of a beautiful German love song. The organist and Sebi and Sascha played the songs we chose with zest and inspiration and everybody sang along at the top of their voices. Very unlike the usual mumble along at ,say, Christmas. We then had a chocolate fountain reception at the church hall before ...

After 13 hours of travel. We got into Koln and the first taxi driver we found could not speak a word of english. So we pulled out the address of the hotel and he knew nothing. He then proceded to get into a fight with another cabbie about where the hotel was. We ...