Fussball.... world cup fever in Cologne! After an intense weekend of team-building and 3 days of classroom work, I was ready for a break... and right now, there is nothing else better than a quick jaunt to football central. Everything revolved around the World Cup. People walking around with painted faces, flags, annoying horns... food shaped in the shape of footballs... contrary to popular belief, beer isn't always served in huge steins in Germany. In Cologne, 0.2l delicate glasses (they break easily!) were the norm. Ha ha, and you can have A LOT of those. Our group consisted of 1 Irishman, 1 Spaniard, 1 Frenchman, 1 Russian, 1 Azerbajanian (?), 1 Filipino, 2 Americans + 1 Canadian = 1 shell family. It was pretty hectic sometimes, between multiple languages, two rented cars, cell phones and one road map!
Good things:
- menus that are only in German...mmm...savoury pancakes!
- cars that drive on the right. phew!
- easily climbing 509 steps to the top of the Dom cathedral...gorgeous!
- super patriotic fans that like to sing
- crazy british people that swim in the rhine to recover a lost football. man, the rhine?!?
The not-so-good things:
- getting the shaft bed (ie, cot) in a 4 person room
- 0.2l bottle of coke that costs 2.6 euros
- the stinky people that are also climbing the narrow steps to the top of the Dom
- not knowing how to get out of Cologne
- trying to split one bill between 9 people...argh
Cologne's Dom Cathdral...took over 800 years to finish!
2 comments:
Sounds like you're having a great time there, and talk about a multicultural group of ppl.
Did you see the 3 pictures I posted on my blog recently? Yup, that's what you'll be seeing once you get here.
Yo Mary
Got your postcard yesterday. Yes, you're right about la Roche - it's just like Cotswold!
Good thing you're doing something during the World Cup - since you missed all the Stanley Cup actions!
You know Oiler's Chris Pronger? He's requested a trade due to personal reason(s) and now he's an Anaheim DUCK!
I'm now waiting patiently for Aug 1 to move into my new dig. Actually getting a little excited over having my own space again - and moving for the 4th time since 1998.
Ah.. we'll talk when you get back, and before you disappear to Europe again!
AP
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