First full day in Koln
Trip Start
Mar 19, 2008
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Trip End
Jul 01, 2008
Cologne,
Germany
Thursday, March 27, 2008
The German roommate, two German girls we met in the hostel, and I went to the Koln Zoo. It was pretty good, very large elephant site, but other than that, nothing to write home about. But I am anyways. After the zoo, I really didn't do much of anything, except wait for my 5:30 appointment to meet all the other members of the exchange program. I only had contact with our activities coordinator or "night time activities coordinator" (unofficial title) and one other student in the program. The activities coordinator is a 27 year old Koln woman who loves taking exchange students through the many bars and clubs in the area, hence "night time activities coordinator". Anyways. My first impressions of all of the students was good, and of our staff. We were treated to a five-course meal at a nearby restaurant, and to a couple glasses of the Koln city beer, Kolsch. There are many varieties of Kolsch brewed here, but it is THE beer of Koln. Not only because it's delicious and literally cheaper than water, but because of its popularity; few other beers can compete. The people of Koln are very proud of their beer. After the meal, Maxi, our activities coordinator, took us out to a bar where we all got to know each other a little better. We were also introduced to a pretty awesome method of serving beer, if a single glass will not suffice. The bar we went to offers Kolsch in a tall cylinder, a meter tall perhaps, the beer is dispensed from a spout at the bottom. That was all for that day.
