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Tempelstr 22, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, 50679, Germany
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Koln Cathedral - detail of statutes
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Dom, Rheinufer im Sonnenuntergoing, Hohnentor
All VTers are cordially invited to join us for a nice Sunday afternoon in Cologne. We will be able to say hello to VTer Nina (hekate) who has come all the way from Sofia in order to escape the chilly temperatures there and experience the warm weather and cordial people of the Rhineland!
This is the plan: Meet at 4:15 PM in front of Früh's Brewery at the Dom. Do a quick tour through the old town with a couple of stops for a Kölsch (or two). Have dinner around 6:30 PM -- this time not in one of the usual Brewery Pubs but rather
at the China Palace in Bergisch-Gladbach-Refrath (20 mins. tram from Cologne-Neumarkt) which is definitely one of the best value/money buffet style restaurants in the Rhineland. Buffet dinner costs approximately 14 EUR/person.
Reservations for a table will be made, so please tell me if you are going to attend until Friday January 27. If you have questions about directions, you can also email me; I'll be happy to answer them to the best of my knowledge.
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Hello guys,
First off all: Thanks to Win for organising this lovely cordial meeting ... *winkygrin*
As I already missed the fabulous London meeting, it is about time to attend the even more fabulous Cologne meeting. So, please put me on the list of attendees.
My plan is to park my car at the restaurant in teh early afternoon and then get to Cologne from there by tram to arrive on time at the Frueh brewery.
Plan is subject to change!
HORSCHECK :o)
Great Holger... there also is a respective Meeting entry where I will shortly post a picture of the restaurant's interior.... VT server permitting ;)
@Holger, as for the cordiality of people and as for the purposes of VT, the Rhineland surely extends well into the Sauerland, definitely including Lüdenscheid and neighbouring communities ;)
Gluehwein is a must to try when on the christmas market. These hot red wines spiced with cinnamon, cloves and sugar are especially delicious when you have a bit of a chill.
The Gluehwein is sold in lovely glasses or christmas cups. You will pay for the drink and the cup to keep, but when you give back the cup when it is empty you will receive back the money for the cup.
A nice Irish Pub! Try the drink "Snakebite", a mixture made of Kilkenny's beer and cider!
Hopefully the waitress will think that we have been waiting a long time and will give us a free round of some liquorish tasting schnapps Casual
We wandered into this restaurant because it seemed fun and lively. And it was! So much so that after eating we moved over to the bar and chatted with the bartender and waitress for another hour or so. So now you know that it's fun place and that those who work there are friendly - at least on the night we were there! We each had steak. I had the Steak Cozumel which was served with a pepper sauce and really well cooked. Bryan had one of the Steaks served w/a tomatoe based sauce. Both were delicious.
I can't, however, recommend the Guacamole. Clearly from a can and not very good.
There´s a lot of Christmas-markets in Köln(as we say Cologne).That was the reason that we choosed to come here for our"little-Christmas-trip"in the beginning of December.I hate winter,but I love Christmas,so I take all I can get from everything about Christmas!
Best market was maybe that old time market,with real smiths and other handycraft-makers.I´m a metal-smith for my other occupation,too,so I wanted to go there.It was quite small,but still I liked it.There was also a real donkey there!
That Glûhwein(sorry if I write it wrong,I don´t speak German) wasn´t our thing,so after one cup,we took hot chokolade with vanilla-liquer or something else.It was nice to have something hot outside.In Finland you can´t sell alcohol outside unless it´s a beergarden.
There are some nice shops right behind the Cathedral and it continues for some blocks. People just go along on their daily lives, I guess being used to the tourists trying to fit in, or just hanging out and watching the locals go by.
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