Blogs from Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe - page 14

Sorry I haven't updated in a while. I figured that during the week I won't update as often because I'm just going to classes, but I'll try to mention anything interesting that happens. Last week was farely relaxing. I went to teh gym a few times, and thast definitely an experience. I've seen only one woman there the three times I've gone and she's older and looks like she should be in an eighties jazzersize video. The guys that are in there look at me like they've never seen a girl work out or lift weights before. So, its slightly awkward, and I try to avoid any eye contact with them. This weekend I went to Koln, Germany (also spelled Cologne). I went with four other girls, and we left early Saturday morning. It was a ... read more

Herzliche Grüße aus Köln! Which (hopefully) means, 'best wishes from Cologne'. We caught the train here from Amsterdam today in order to save about 200€, but more on that in a second. The last time that we had the pleasure of your company Sharon and I were sitting in an internet cafe in Amsterdam, scared to go out into the -4 degree evening. After eventually getting up the courage, we headed out to the street and after some deliberation decided to visit a local Indian restaurant. The food was quite delicious and it made us laugh thinking that two Australians were in Holland eating Indian food - what a multicultural society we live in. The next morning we pushed our way into the breakfast room at the hotel/hostel where around 50 people were jostling about, trying ... read more

Yesterday was awesome. I went to koln to meet up with two other exchange students living around Bonn it was really nice we walked around the city but got out of the touristy part of town and ended up where some small turkish shops are. We looked around at the gadgets for sell and alked around there. A street was full of wedding dress shops and prom dresses I so would have wished to have found that shop last year. But I didn't. We came to part of the Old roman wall which was build around the city then alked passed in and found another lovely church. It's unbelieveable the quietness and piecefullness in these churchs they are so big and breathe taking. I love it. I wish we had those back home. After that we ... read more

Salut mes Quebecois favorie. Bon sa va s'arretter la mon orthographe est mauvaise. This will probably be my last entery until I get back from my trip in Austria Skiing in the alps. Today I spent the day in Köln it was really nice I had so much fun. This morning I left at around 8:00 to catch the bus alone and I had arranged to meet with the guy I met on the bus my first trip there. I arrived at 9:30 about at the bus station it's beside the train station in Köln for those who might know. So he met me there and we hang out for the day. For those who don't know he was an exchange student in Colorado last year for a semester. First we when in the Dom. It's ... read more

Well, I am officially in my last city on my 2 week Europe adventure. It has been a blast; tiring, but awesome! I said my final farewells to Bethany and Jan in Brussels, and now I'm chilling in Cologne where Erin and Stephen will meet up with me tomorrow. Our last day in Brussels was fun (yes, Jan actually made it!). We did indeed find th EU Parliament, after getting directions from a nice American business man in a Belgium deli. We ended up going on a free audio tour (very high tech), and it was pretty awesome to see...its like when people come to D.C. and see all the big government buildings for the first time (yes, I know, I make fun of them too, but that doesn't mean I can't be touristy in foreign ... read more