Posted by: kmcconkie on: July 6, 2009
This weekend in Germany was Christopher Street Day; this is a celebration of the LGBT community. There were celebrations in numerous large German cities and the largest celebration is in Cologne, only a 20 minute train ride away!
The parade was on Sunday and we went to check it out. It was really interesting. There were [...]
Posted by: kmcconkie on: June 29, 2009
Yesterday afternoon was a cloudy boring day, that is until we decided to go for a bike ride. There is a bike trail that runs right along the Rhein for miles and miles; to be honest I have no idea where it actually ends, but I know it is long. We thought we were in [...]
Posted by: kmcconkie on: June 28, 2009
While in Cologne yesterday we did some searching for a good place to sit down at have a beer and eat some food. We found it, a biergarten that serves beer in large quantities. We purchased 3L of beer for 18 Euros, which is a steal! This beer comes out, not in your ordinary pitcher, [...]
Posted by: kmcconkie on: June 28, 2009
Yesterday I did something I never would have imagined or desired to do in my entire life, attended the World of Warcraft Regional Finals. A friend of mine’s cousin is apparently the second best player in the United States and the finals were in Cologne, which is only a 15/20 minute train ride away. Naturally, [...]
