Who knew parrots have gone rogue in Cologne??
Posts under ‘Cologne’
Blogstipation
Well, well, well, we have a bit of blogstipation over here at Resident on Earth. So many things have been going on for the past two months that I hardly know where to begin. A big backup of blog posts! I feel I’ve been running ragged for the past two months, with trips to Chicago, [...]
Expat Bloggers Meet-up in Cologne – Aalaf!
Last September I attended the WEBMU (Whiny Expat Bloggers MeetUp) in Hamburg. It’s a fun weekend once a year for English language bloggers in Germany to get together, see some sights, eat good food, whine a little, wine a lot, and generally have an English language orgy weekend. I may have been a bit intimidated [...]
Towed
Today at work I heard some commotion in the street below my window, so I got up to look. A parking ticket lady was ticketing cars, and three tow trucks were lined up and towing them. It was entertaining, and I sighed with relief that I’m car-free in Germany. While the last car was being [...]
Decorating with Dead People
The hulking beast that is the Cologne Cathedral (Dom) clearly dominates the Cologne skyline and hogs up all the attention in this town, and for good reason. But what many people may not realize is that Cologne is also renown for its 12 Romanesque churches hidden prettily in the Altstadt (old town). These churches, roughly [...]
Cologne’s Heavenly Chocolate Museum
When I bought my ticket to Cologne’s chocolate museum, the friendly ticket lady slid a small piece of chocolate across the ticket counter. Wow, a ticket and a piece of chocolate. I’m going to love this place! And I did. Last weekend two friends from the Frankfurt area came up for a girls’ weekend in [...]
Out of Hibernation
This week I can finally declare I’ve emerged from my recent hibernation and the bronchial death. I’m feeling much better, the weather is awesome, and it feels good to have bright, warm, vibrant spring. I still struggle with getting used to my split city life, and at times I desperately miss our adorable, clean, friendly [...]
He’s so skate!
Tonight in this brilliant spring weather, I was wandering the streets of Cologne after work when I came up to the big square to the side of the cathedral. Oodles of dudes on skateboards were flying and flipping and falling, the boards clapping like an out-of-synch audience. One of them in a Dennis Rodman jersey [...]
I'm a Europhile living with my German boyfriend ("The Mann") and splitting my time between Cologne and the Frankfurt area, Germany.
