Blogs from Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe - page 13

Hi Everyone! I am going to try to write to you on this from now on rather than emails but for those who didnt get it before here is an update on cologne. So anyway Ive been in germany like a week now and I thought it was high time for some travel stories. Ive been living with Tommy in Cologne for the last week-for those that dont know him he is a German mate from school. Its been cool catching up with him again and his girlfriend and housemates are all very nice. They have a sort of an organised ride share system here in germany where you register and its pretty legitimate so I got tommy to sort me out a lift from frankfurt to cologne. I was a bit nervous about it but ... read more

Almost on the way... / Fast auf dem Weg... Only a few hours before it is time to say good bye...! My backpack is ready, the flight tickets next to it and still... it somehow does not feel real yet! I spent my last weeks at home in Hohndorf with my parents and I enjoyed those days so much. The final count down happened in Bochum and Cologne with two great friends and a concert of Herbert Grönemeyer! What a way to say good bye!! Just brilliant! If everything goes (hopefully) right you'll read the next news from Hanoi City soon. Until then a big hug to all of you **************************************************************** Jetzt sind es nur noch Stunden, bevor es wirklich los geht! Der Rucksack ist gepackt, das Flugticket liegt bereit und trotzdem fühlt es sich immer ... read more

My parents had planned on coming to Germany to visit in March during my sister’s spring break since I left the US and the week finally came. My parents came in on a Friday morning and I had made plans on what we would be doing during the nine days they would be in Germany. My boss at my internship was nice and gave me the week with my parents off from work. As soon as my parents got into Germany we planned to drive to Munich for the weekend. I set up all the hotel plans and car rentals before they came so we just picked up the car from the airport. We started out drive to Munich from the Düsseldorf airport and found it took like 6 hours to get there. I guess my ... read more

pour vous donner de mes nouvelle toute va bien appart que je suis plus capable de ecrire en francais pas que je les deja ete mais bon mon cas c'est rempirer. En plus de cela mes incrit dans un cegep francais pour l'annee prochaine. Et un en anglais a montreal mais mommy a veux pas ca l'air. Je c'est toujour pas en quoi etudier mais bon cest sa. Bon appart sa rien de trop special ce pass je sorte regulierement avec ma famille pour visiter les environt. La semaine passer on m'a appris que j'allais avoir un autre famille. Se qui me fait beaucoup de pains car j'aime ou je suis et les gens avec qui je suis mais il peuvent pas me garder toute l'annee. fac comme c'est la je c'est pas ou je va ... read more

Today our group got up at the crack of dawn to go to Cologne or "Köln." It is one of the largest cities in Germany and definitely one of the oldest. We had to take a 3 hour train ride to get there. During World War II it was bombed very badly and the only left in standing is this massive cathedral! It is a pretty amazing and LARGE building. We climbed to the very top which is something like 500 steps! It was quite the hike to the top, but totally worth it! Once at the top I could see the entire city which is located on the Rhine River. After that we went to this very German Brewery called the Colner Hofbrau which is famous for their Kolsch beer. Still not a big fan ... read more