Köln Trip~

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Gosh~ I should start to consider eating grass so that I won't blow my bank account up.

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It was another wonderful weekend again. Alright alright, I went travelling again. Yeps. And don't envy me because of that, or else you should join me eating grass and flowers =.=

I went to Köln, or Cologne. It was another exciting trip. Jia Jin drove us up. Daniel came to my place in the evening of Thursday(20080501) and the next day morning, around 9:30am, we loaded stuffs into our rented car and after making sure everything was done, we hopped into the Germany-origined car. BMW 3 Series.


A Corvette we met during our journey. Reminded me of NFS: Most Wanted.

The ride took us around 3 and half hours to reach Köln. I really thank God because of His blessings, we had a smooth and no-traffic-jam journey to Köln. So after we reached there, we went to check-in for Jia Jin. After that, we took U-Bahn (Underground train) to the Hauptbahnhof (Main train station). After that, we went for lunch at KFC. It was located in Hohe Straße ( High Street), and it was really packed up with people. It was a street where you can find most of the shops there, from Gucci to Lego, you name it. Yes, even Lego has its own shop there.
So after lunch we went to 相亲 - to find my "wife". And I can tell you, it was not a pretty task. We search the whole way from near to far, east to west, to the Rhein river, in the end, the MusicsStore was just not far away from the train station. We stepped in, and I found my loveS. Yes, my loveS. I don't know which one to choose. The choice was sooooooo many, and in the end I picked one, who was not that expensive. I can't afford a luxurious wife. I no money okie. So, I picked a €258 worth wife, found a nice clothing for her, and a good stand, so that I can boast her around.


In total, she worthed €305,45. My love~ Hehe.





Then we bidded goodbye to Jia Jin, and Daniel and I walked around the city ourselves. We went to check-in at our hostel, then we went for some souveniors. Took a glance at the Dom, the highest building in Köln. It was quite sad because we couldn't climb up to the top that day - it was closed. So we went on to search for other nice places. We walked across the Rhein River. Around 8pm, we went to the EdenGarten - a korean/japanese buffet restaurant. It costed €12,50 each, but it was quite worth it because we ate a lot. Okie fine, I ate a lot.






I ate a lot, till my stomach was so big, and the food was like boiling inside, feel like vomitting. So, with a pregnant stomach, I went back to hostel. Played 2 games of DotA against AI, and cleaned up and slept.

So the next day we woke up around 10:20am, checked out and went to Barbarossaplatz, the nearest U-Bahn Station. We needed a one-day-ticket, so we found ourselves a ticket-machine, pressed for the ticket, and I threw all the 5 pieces of €2 inside, without noticing the machine was mulfunctioned. So, similar methaphor would be throwing a piece of RM50 into Sarawak River, or Selat Johor, or whatever. Sigh.

I had to spend €2,50 on fries and used €20 note so that I could have coins again. Sigh, learnt from lesson, and bought the ticket IN the train. We took train to HeuMarkt Station, and our 1st event of the journey started...

Entrance of the Chocolate Museum. Yes, we visited Köln most famoused Schokolademuseum.

I felt proud when reading the geographical info about cocoa.



M-A-L-A-Y-S-I-A

And I would say the museum was nice, although I had to pay extra because I did not bring my student ID card.A lotus pond inside the museum.

More chocolates... Oh yea, if you jealoused, congratulation, I achieved my target. Muahaha. Anyway, treat me nice, when I go find you all then I might remember to bring some. Haha.

Warmest loves from Germany, hehe...

Chocolates...

Chocolates chocolates...

Chocolates chocolates chocolates...

Chocolate flowers...

I love you so much :P


Then we went to a garden. Yea yea, actually we wanted to go zoo, but someone did not bring student ID, and the price difference was sooooo big.





Yes, then we went to climb the Dom. Here's some info about it:

Tall: 157 m
Steps of staircase: 509
Climb height: 100 m
Time to climb up and come down: 3o min.

Cool eh?

Some view about from the top of the tower...
You Who wrote this??? LoL. =.=
A bell in the tower.

Alright, this was interesting. They looked so real, don't they?






They are real ok, real living human.

Anyway, after that we took train to Leverkusten to meet Jia Jin. This was our Köln trip. After that we went up to Essen, to Mülheim, to meet the founder of Hoffnung Stuttgart, and to meet outstanding, wonderful and successful Malaysians. Anyway, it would be in the other post, here marks the end of Köln trip. But I tell you, I will come back again someday, for the zoo and the aquarium, at least.

For more pictures, please visit 88ultimatepichu88. My pictures are there. All pictures are originally posted and none are edited.


Vincent