Cologne Travel Blogs

I met a TB fellow who could not make it to the Meetup the day before in Cologne. I was kind of late that day - slept too long because of the long night before. We went up a the ??? Tower to get a nice panoramic view of the city. This building is across from Cologne’s…

The start of our trip. Kim (my girlfriend) and I left Maarssen, the place where she lives. Ready to make a 3,5 week trip which brought us to places in Germany, France, Switzerland and especially Italy. My car would accompany us the whole trip. We stayed in a small tent every night. We looked for sm…

Home Sweet Home - I went grocery shopping right away!!!!! Bread, cheese and other food I missed in Down Under!!!

It was 5pm. Wednesday, we agreed, me and my wonderful colleague to meet at the office lobby for a small shopping. We got into her car, a nice car and head first to a book store. I must tell you all about my wonderful colleague, a pretty sweetheart with Big Heart. She bought two books to be sent to …

Today it was time to leave, going back home to the Netherlands!! :( I don't wanna go!! First we went shopping with my suitcase of course. Bought a new tshirt and some postcards. To everyone: Go to Cologne, its a wonderful city what I did not expect. Hope to go there back really soon.

On Sunday, my long awaited trip to Germany to see Köln and meet Lauro and Luci came around at last. Of course, I overslept.  My flat mate, Eva, one of the loveliest people in the world, came and banged on my door to remind me that I said I was leaving at 10.30 and it's 10.00 now and…

the scene. a little german delicatessen in westhoven, nord-rhine westfalen. the characters. myself; a korean-american expat with no german language skills. and the deli-lady. i find myself staring at the sandwich case forEVER trying to decipher what meat fills these freshly-baked rolls. i'm …

my cellphone/mobile is not making the calls i need!!!! i had a misshap saturday trying to contact my friend in Bonn!! I F*cked up and did not change the number and add 00 to dial and i ended up being all late!! It took me an hour to figure out where i needed to go to buy my ticket to Bonn and wai…

Cologne is yet a city that have been founded by the Romans. It is the oldest city in Germany and still characterized by its 2000 years of history, which you see traces of when walking in this city. The Roman road network is still reflected to this day in the layout of the city streets. Th…

Today i have my first : Mini-mini Travbuddy meet up!!! Its was really a great , beautiful day! 4 people from TB : "Lauro","Dee", "Strategos" and "Marianna".....and ..me..!!! We 5 ...have a lot of fun today!!! Thanks "Lauro", for this invite!! I am so glad to meet this friends!!! I hope you enjoy our photos ... I NEVER forget this day!!!

Monday, September 3, 2007 ((Day 5)) Had a little adventure trying to find Koln stadium.. train issues and then just walking around being lost issues.  But eventually.. some nice man on a bike saw us and figured we were lost so he tried his best to try and help us..  Finally made it to …

Wow, what a big train that is, and... is it really our train? The sign on the platform says it's going to Moscow in Russia, but we want to go to Prague in the Czech Republic ! And did I see the name of Copenhagen as well? We are a  bit puzzled, it has to do with all the names of destinati…

We finally arrived in Cologne!  I was excited to see the Koln Cathedral - another UNESCO site! The cathedral is one of the largest in the world and the largest Gothic church in Northern Europe.  As we were exiting the parking lot and walking toward the cathedral, I think it was the…

AND IT GETS FOILED BY A FRIGGIN' NAZI RIOT!! just my luck. i have a tendency of getting lost. well, getting lost and also preoccupied. i get sidetracked and distracted easilly. i know this, i've come to terms with it. the first 3 times i've tried to get german food i've 1> gotten lost, 2&g…

So I got to know of an organisation through a friend of mine that organises Summer Universities throughout the european countries called AEGEE and it was one of my best holiday experiences.I travelled for two weeks with a mix of personalities from Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Russia, UK, Turkey and so on, …