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Background: As Europe's largest economy and most populous nation, Germany remains a key member of the continent's economic, political, and defense organizations. European power struggles immersed Germany in two devastating World Wars in the first half of the 20th century and left the country occupied by the victorious Allied powers of the US, UK, France, and the Soviet Union in 1945. With the advent of the Cold War, two German states were formed in 1949: the western Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and the eastern German Democratic Republic (GDR). The democratic FRG embedded itself in key Western economic and security organizations, the EC, which became the EU, and NATO, while the Communist GDR was on the front line of the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact. The decline of the USSR and the end of the Cold War allowed for German unification in 1990. Since then, Germany has expended considerable funds to bring Eastern productivity and wages up to Western standards. In January 1999, Germany and 10 other EU countries introduced a common European exchange currency, the euro.




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November Update
2 days ago: hdenevers published a blog
November Update
November 21st 2009  Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia » Cologne
Things have been pretty calm here lately- a few small excursions during the weekends, last weekend to Münster which was a very beautiful little university town with a heck of a lot of old churches. Wh ... 2 photos [full story]

October 11th 2009  Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia » Cologne
So in the next two weeks, school is out for Fall Break. I will be traveling to Malmö, Sweden for five days, and following that three days in Dresden, Germany and a few days in Prague, Czech Republic. ... [full story]

80 days ago: hdenevers published a blog
Flic Flac!
September 4th 2009  Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia » Cologne
My blog is early this week, because I simply had to tell everybody about this family outing! My hostfamily and I went to the Circus this evening- Although it was more like Cirque de Soleil, but germa ... [full story]

87 days ago: sorah published a blog
Vorbereitungen für mein Auslandsjahr
August 28th 2009  Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia » Cologne
So, geschafft! Ich habe meinen eigenen Blog eingerichtet noch bevor ich in Japan gelandet bin. Hier werde ich euch etwas über meine Vorbereitungserfahrungen berichten, welche die Organisation eines ... [full story]

A Splash of Cologne
111 days ago: Arwen a la monde published a blog
A Splash of Cologne
July 19th 2009  Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia » Cologne
My dear friend Hannah - who I've known for the better part of a decade - is leaving Europe. She's been living just outside Cologne for the past year and she spent a couple of years in Brussels and was ... 9 photos [full story]

My Last Day! Koln Celebrates Me - LOL
July 5th 2009  Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia » Cologne
Last day - My how times flies when you are having fun! It has been action packed vacation. My time here has be great, eye opening and I now know that I was born to be euro trash LOL - I had the be ... 33 photos [full story]

Brazil Forever - The Show!!!
121 days ago: TravlinTerry published a blog
Brazil Forever - The Show!!!
July 3rd 2009  Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia » Cologne
We have all seen some type of performance here or there! A few of us have even seen a drag show or two in our day. I have seen several in the states and was not overly impressed. In DC they dress up - ... 43 photos [full story]

Can you smell it?
122 days ago: cappper published a blog
Can you smell it?
July 14th 2009  Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia » Cologne
Cologne from Amsterdam. I met a fellow traveler (not the John Twelve Hawks kind) while I was in Ireland who invited me to come visit if I found my was to Cologne. Well, Amsterdam is not all that far ... 2 photos [full story]

Mdm Kwan European ~ Back In Koln!
123 days ago: TravlinTerry published a blog
Mdm Kwan European ~ Back In Koln!
July 2nd 2009  Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia » Cologne
Back in Cologne we resume are daily chore - get up, head out & walk the city until Chaqa has to head to work and then I venture around on my own~ I am an easy guest and tourist. Once I have my bearing ... 19 photos [full story]

July 20th 2009  Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia » Cologne
February. One of the nastiest times in the year. It's rainy, or icey or both at the same time, its grey in grey and still a while to go until spring. So what is better to get rid of the cold by some h ... [full story]


Cologne Blog Entries

Köln
Osaka Palace
The Römisch-Germanischen Museum
Alternburg
Stained Glass from Dom
Large View of Interior of Dom
Kel Kel and Candles
Mike and Kel w Gluhwein
Top of the 509 stairs - The Cathedral @ Koln
Dom Cathedral
Dom Cathedral
The Cologne Cathedral
us again
What the...
Salzburg by night
After the game




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