http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Cologne/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Germany , North Rhine-Westphalia , Cologne en-us Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:59:44 +0000 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:59:44 +0000 Things have been pretty calm here lately a few small excursions during the weekends last weekend to Mnster which was a very beautiful little university town with a heck of a lot of old churches. While there we saw a lot of the town as well as visiting the Zoo and learning some bizarre animal names for example 'Meerkat' translates to 'Erdmann' earth man and that 'Seal''Robbe' however mos http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Cologne/blog-454880.html So in the next two weeks school is out for Fall Break. I will be traveling to Malm Sweden for five days and following that three days in Dresden Germany and a few days in Prague Czech Republic. I hope to have some exiting blog entries throughout the next few weeks but just wanted to keep you all updated.School is getting easier all the time On friday I wrote a small essay about Genetics i http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Cologne/blog-444009.html Back in to Germany for a quick overnighter in Cologne. Not much to report other than it was wet and cold..... http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Cologne/blog-443752.html My blog is early this week because I simply had to tell everybody about this family outingMy hostfamily and I went to the Circus this evening Although it was more like Cirque de Soleil but german and a little less eloquent and a little more rock. They had all sorts of jugglers trapeze etc. as well as your average motorbike in a big round cage trick but with flic flac it's not one or two guys http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Cologne/blog-433896.html Noch in KlnSo geschafft Ich habe meinen eigenen Blog eingerichtet noch bevor ich in Japan gelandet bin. Hier werde ich euch etwas ber meine Vorbereitungserfahrungen berichten welche die Organisation eines Auslandsjahres so mit sich bringen.Ist einmal der ganze offizielle Part abgeschlossen d.h. hat man nun endlich die Zusage des Studienplatzes an der Wunschuni in der Tasch kommen noch jede http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Cologne/blog-431794.html Today I walked around the city of Cologne and also visited a German culture fair. I saw many interesting things. I'm very tired still and need to go sleep now. Good night. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Cologne/blog-431380.html Kopf Aufrum deinen Kopf aufmach ihn aufpack alles ausschmeiss weg was du nicht brauchstrum deinen Kopf aufrum deinen Kopf aufmach ihn aufpack alles rausschmeiss weg was du nicht brauchstrum deinen Kopf aufrum deinen Kopf aufmach ihn aufpack alles rausschmeiss weg was du nicht brauchstrum deinen Kopf aufrum deinen Kopf aufmach ihn aufpack alles rausschmeiss weg was du nicht brauchstrum http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Cologne/blog-429920.html Timely ArrivalSo last night after a long and exhausting flight I finally arrived in Cologne followed by a bright tropical thunderstorm. At times it felt like being photographed by the gods.It's a really strange state I'm in right now. It's nearly noon and I feel like shit. I'm still very jetlagged and only have been here for a few hours mainly trying to adjust to the local time. The time differ http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Cologne/blog-429905.html Hello again everybody I arrived in Cologne exactly a week ago today. The flights were uneventful and we were able to navigate the train system sucessfully and yes they do actually go an average of 165 kms which is about 100mph. The first night we had dinner in the Stadtmitte Fu946gangerzone the middle of the city on the Rhine and had a lovely view of the Cathedral as well as some local f http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Cologne/blog-429715.html Last day My how times flies when you are having fun It has been action packed vacation. My time here has been great eye opening and I now know that I was born to be euro trash LOL I had the best time met the nicest people had my first espresso and went to the mothership of H M.Chaqa was a great hostess showed me what I needed to get along on my own. Forever Grateful.Our day started out http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Cologne/blog-422179.html July 13th and 14th.Took the train into 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 so I figured I would head to Cologne as my first stop into Germany. So I was planning on being in Cologne on Monday the 13th and sent my fellow traveler an ema http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Cologne/blog-421827.html 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 and work the room for dollars. Big whoop. When he suggested seeing the show I was like okay.Chaqa however modest does not like to talk about his career as a performer. He has quite the following r http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Cologne/blog-421250.html Wow What an exciting day of Segway Polo Yes this is Christie writing this and yes I mean it no joke We got another wet start for the final day of the cup. But the guys did not let it get them down. Steve from the Black Rose and Daniel from the Flyinrsquo Fish decided that theyrsquod give it a go anyway. Take a look at the video itrsquos worth the time Sherry gave us all Liberty Segw http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Cologne/blog-420539.html Today we were going to have a tourist guide by the name of Aaron... thank goodness for that as our German sucks and his is rather good. 61514We made our way to a rather large Palace just outside of Cologne which was rather amazing ... the gardens alone were absolutely stunning and as you will see from the photos so well maintained and beautiful. The palace grounds were huge and we decided that http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Cologne/blog-420342.html 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 studying in Frankfurt before that with a lot of time spent in Africa in between so moving back to the U.S. is a big change for her. As her departure date neared Hannah planned one last blowout w http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Cologne/blog-420129.html It was a tough day for the California Gold Rush. They got slammed the first match by the the Barbardos Flyin' Fish 7 to 1 ouch. They really should not feel bad 'cause the Flyin' Fish are basically kicking everyone's a They are 40 at this point have not lost a game yet Daniel 8 just does things with the ball that I didn't know was possible He like seriously was bouncing the ball on http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Cologne/blog-419849.html Today was the official start to the Woz Worl Challenge CupBecause other people besides family are reading this I will list todays game schedule the winners and the scores of each game.Game 1 Funky Move Turtles vs. Barbados Flying Fish Score 0 4 Fish WinGame 2 Hemmer Buterflies vs. Segway Polo Austria Score 0 2 Austria WinGame 3 Black Rose vs. Silicon Val http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Cologne/blog-419539.html Hallo Freunde We both woke today feeling more like ourselves So we headed down to enjoy some breakfast before we started our day. After getting a blank stare when I ordered a vanilla latte I even dropped the skinny part I settled on the machiatto she offered. Which by the way was way yummy tomorrow at breakfast I will be ordering my machiatto the german way....machiatto danke schn Oh and http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Cologne/blog-418959.html Hallo Freunde Friends Well we made it after 20 hours of travel time. We started off very early Monday morning as our flight left Sacramento at 830am we had a layover in the city of Brotherly love then onto Munich Germany. We lucked out and had a row to ourselves for the 8 hour leg from the states however this little old man would not turn off his overhead light above his seat for the entir http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Cologne/blog-418656.html At this time of year Europe enjoys its Summer months. But the Hungaroring preferred to keep thing Arctic for my brief but exciting visit.I departed Faistenau and the rest of Austria at 0400am on Thursday morning in a minivan with the team for the 800kmjourney to the historic Nurburgring for the ninth round of the Formula 1 and of course the latest Porsche Supercup event with Lechner Racing.I k http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/North-Rhine-Westphalia/Cologne/blog-418131.html