So I'm in Köln now, my home for the next two months. Amazing city so far. Only been here a few days, but feel that I know my way around pretty well. Very friendly people. My host mom is awesome, a grandmother who keeps looking out for me with sunscreen, breakfast and umbrellas when it rains. I get a big German breakfast of a cold cuts, bread, jam, a soft boiled egg, museli, juice and coffee. It's a good start to the day.
The cathedral in Köln is the main attraction. You can see it from everywhere. It's awesome from the ground, due to it's grandness and size (157m tall) and has a great view from the top. Next door is the main train station and the Rhine River.
Language school starts on Monday, so we've just had lots of information sessions, registered our names at the local state office, and had a tour of the city and river.
Highlights of the few days include watching a Genesis cover band from the front row along with the dancing drunks. Nothing like Phil Collins to make people dance. The bright blue lights in the state office bathroom were more along the lines of a nightclub, rather than a place to tell the state your current address. We got free tickets to an American football game which felt like a high school game due to how badly they played, and the cheerleaders falling most of the time. Halftime had both teams walking into the tunnel at the same time, followed by the cheerleaders, so nothing happened except for the gatorade bucket being filled up from a garden hose.
The cathedral in Köln is the main attraction. You can see it from everywhere. It's awesome from the ground, due to it's grandness and size (157m tall) and has a great view from the top. Next door is the main train station and the Rhine River.
Language school starts on Monday, so we've just had lots of information sessions, registered our names at the local state office, and had a tour of the city and river.
Highlights of the few days include watching a Genesis cover band from the front row along with the dancing drunks. Nothing like Phil Collins to make people dance. The bright blue lights in the state office bathroom were more along the lines of a nightclub, rather than a place to tell the state your current address. We got free tickets to an American football game which felt like a high school game due to how badly they played, and the cheerleaders falling most of the time. Halftime had both teams walking into the tunnel at the same time, followed by the cheerleaders, so nothing happened except for the gatorade bucket being filled up from a garden hose.
Bryan Potts and Diana Arntz made it out to Köln for the Genesis cover band, bierhalls and a sweet thermal bath/spa. Spent 3 hours in the spa, which had various types of water, from scented, to super hot, to a fast whirlpool to the sauna which like several of the pools, were for naked people only.
So that's just a little of what I've been up to the past five days in Köln, my first stop in Deutschland. I hope all is well with everyone.
Cheers,
Justus
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