Okay, I have to do a culinary rant. I don't know if you are familiar with the Food Network show "The Best Thing I Ever Ate" but if I were asked to go on this show, I now know what I would say. Just when I thought the world of wraps and pitas could not get any better than the hummus pita from Aroma in Frankfurt am Main, we were introduced to Mustafa's in Berlin. Basically, 3 men in a truck are pumping out Dӧners (pronounced DOO-ner) like an orchestrated danc...

On Saturday Ryan and I said goodbye to Cologne and headed off on the train to Hamburg. Hamburg was not on our originally list of places to visit, but on the suggestion of others, we found ourselves heading to the second largest city in Germany and wow, are we ever glad we did. Hamburg is such a unique city and pretty much lives by its own rules. For one, Hamburg has never had a king and has always been run by the merchants who have kept the trading centre al...

The past few days Ryan and I spent hanging out in Cologne with another great CS host. When we were looking for the address, we weren't sure if we were at the right address because it looked too nice. The building had large glass windows and actually looked like an office building (probably because it actually is). Our host, Bin, lives in one of the penthouse suites atop an office building in Media Park. It is the only floor with homes...the rest are offices...

Monday morning we left our host in Trier and heading off on the train to Bonn. We spend the afternoon walking around this little town which was the birthplace of Beethoven. After Bonn, we continued along the Rhine river to Cologne which is where we will be spending a few days. Last night we stayed with Richie who was an emergency couch for us. He had some friends over so we all hung out, ate dinner, and then we off to the bar. Tuesday was student's night a...

Today Ryan and I used a laundry-mat for the first time ever and it just so happens that it was in Germany and we got to sit drinking Erdinger Dunkel (fantastic dark beer) while waiting for our clothes to be cleaned. This morning we spent touring around Trier, a beautiful town with a lot of Roman history. At the Dom (church) we got a picture of Ryan with his homeboy Jesus. The Dom was actually quite beautiful - the architecture was awesome and the walls were ...