Blogs from Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe - page 25

1356　Dom　時有微雨 　　今晚熱身賽只剩下€50與€60兩種，惟有忍痛用信用卡付款（否則我怕山窮水盡），但我從未有想過打退堂鼓，或許今次旅行的重點不在這裡，但如果身在德國而省掉了德國隊的比賽的話，實在說不過去。 　　我絕對相信今天我倆定會被人當作日本人，我對此頗感抗拒…… 　　包包去買禦寒衣物，我獨自重遊大教堂，感覺不錯呀，始終我懷念那種獨自面對自己的感覺，與包包一起的話，我會很依賴她的。 　　前年或許我正坐在同一地方呢。 開口中：Dom@2004 How's the feeling of being regarded as Japanese? Maybe you think that's so common and not worth talking, but let me tell you, although I'm not against the Japanese, it's really really awful, when the whole world thought you MUST be a Japanese, just because Germany is having a warm-up match against Japan in the region! Manman & I fortunately got the tickets in the fan shop of Bayer Leverkusen in BayArena (I could walk again on the path that I walked in 2004, the memory was so good), thanks to the final sale session held by the host stadium. When we went back from Leverkusen Mitte to Köln, th... read more

the flight was disgusting, an hour delayed, lots of meals, repeated turning on and off of the lights. i've slept for only about 4 hours during this 18-hour journey. this time was the german police officer to ask me the purpose of going to germany, and he asked me to show of my euro prepared. i know what did he mean. so i directly showed my credit card. ALLES GUTE! as shown in weather forecast, Düsseldorf is rainy and cold. my eurail pass is yet activated and i had to calculate if there were any cheaper way to buy some discounted ticket. i knew nothing and my brain refused to calculate. manman helped me a lot, maybe i owed her a loft of bread! the atmosphere in köln is strange. no huge poster, no special decoration. ... read more

So we got to Koln (Cologne as the english people call it) on Friday. We were picked up at our train platform by a wonderful, beautiful, smiling Anke and her boyfriend Christian (very nice boy, we like this one definatley). They drove us to Anke's house to see her roommates and chill out for a bit. Then they took us to meet some friends and go dancing at the "live music hall", this place was crazy! And they had all you can drink beer from 9-11! Very fun time, great music, and I give props to the Germans for their manners within clubs.... seriously, there was no pushing, no grabbing, no tweeking of any body parts from an unknown source, honestly it was very enjoyable. That night Anke gave up her bed (no she wasnt on ... read more

Yesterday I finally broke down and purchased the 'junior ticket' for the public transport system here. It was only 12.80 Euros for a month, but because of a formular error and my laziness, I didn't get around to buying it until yesterday, 11 days before the end of the month. And no, it was not pro-rated. :( With it, I rode into Köln to see the Cathedral, aka Dom. Two weeks ago when I got a quick glimpse of it from the train station was the first time I had seen it in 14 years. And it's special b/c it's the first cathedral I had ever ever seen. Weee! When I exited the Koeln Hbf the weather was pretty foul. Windy and drizzle-y. I didn't have a jacket (uh, it's already on a freighter on it's ... read more

I'm in Germanz now, for less than a daz, and I am totallz shellshocked and traumatiyed bz the prices. If I thought I was going broke before when I was in Poland, I surelz will be broke when I leave Germanz! For example, the train ride in from the airport to the Cologne main trainstation was 2.20 Euros. That's like 10 polish zlotys. Zea, this is what I am doing, converting to Polish zloty instead of USD, and then I think, for 10 zls, I can have bought a whole piyya! Or rode the bus 5 times! (btw, the y and the z kezs are switched on the Germanz kezboard lazout, so just bear with me. If something looks reallz misspelled, it's cuy I'm too layz to retzpe) I was so thirstz at the trainstation (and ... read more