FOLLOW THE MAGI TO COLOGNE

Advantages: History. Scale. Drama. Art. Views. Free Admission.
Disadvantages: Crowds. Luggage.

...I will refer throughout to the subject of this review as Cologne Cathedral, that being the familiar English term for it. If you wish to carry out further research you will also need to know the German title: "Kolner Dom". Two of my great interests in life are architecture and history; seldom do they merge better and in more spectacular style than in the great churches and cathedrals. Over the years I have enjoyed visiting virtually all of the cathedrals in England - many in Poland during the last seven years too. Since my late teens there had been one cathedral above all others that I had wanted to visit - Cologne. However well one may, or may not, know Cologne, Germany, or even in a much wider sense church architecture, the iconic silhouette of Cologne Cathedral, with its truly colossal twin towers, will probably be familiar to...

RICHADA 10.02.2008 · Read review
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Christmas in Cologne

Advantages: Milka...Lindt...chocolate in general
Disadvantages: cable car shut in winter

...We went to Cologne this December so I could practice my German, we could go to the Christmas markets and we could take some much needed time off work. Actually, scrap that. Those were the reasons we went to Germany. The single reason we went to Cologne in particular was the flight schedules - Tui now fly there from Manchester, and our flights cost less than £70 return including taxes and the credit card fee (alarmingly charged per passenger, not per transaction). I had been to Cologne before, but not since 1991, which is a decent chunk of my life ago. My companion had never been there, nor anywhere else in Germany for that matter. We booked in September, and had been annoying our mutual colleagues ever since, with tales of the heavily-chocolate-infused fun we were going to have. Now everywhere in Germany has fabulous chocolate, but...

zoe_page 07.12.2007 · Read review
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A NIGHT IN THE MUSIC MUSEUM - COLOGNE

Advantages: Position. Clean. Spacious. Parking. Receptionists.
Disadvantages: Facilities.

...WHY DID WE BOOK THE HOTEL VIKTORIA - COLOGNE? It all started earlier in the year upon receiving an unexpected wedding invitation - not in Cologne, but in Lubeck, three hundred miles to the north east. Having decided on taking the car, and to make an autumn break of it, we decided that we would split our German holiday in two: three days in Lubeck and a further three in Cologne. During the last six years we have driven through Cologne over twenty times on our way to or from Poland, but have never stopped to actually see this magnificent city. We spent several nights on the 'net looking for a suitable hotel, quickly coming to two conclusions: 1) that Cologne is a far from cheap place to stay, and that 2) the actual choice of accommodation in the city is not all that great, especially if, like us, you want to stay in the city...

RICHADA 07.11.2007 · Read review
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paris hilton for men cologne

Advantages: the unique smell
Disadvantages: longlasting smell

...This paris hilton cologne fragrance was introduced in 2004,is a fresh,clean,unique smell of a mixture of fruity scent of cucumber,amber,mango,basil and fig leaf giving it an unique pleasant smell,is not weak and not too strong just perfect.The downside is the longlasting smell. please dont get put off by the brand name of this fragrance it is trully a very good smell and i am impressed by Paris Hilton's frangrance for men.the design on the bottle isnt appealing or special but the smell is great. i first tried a sample of this when i was abroad and relised it was a must have fragrance smelt great so i look around in high street shops back in hometown and couldnt find any so looking online shopping for it and purschased two bottles of 30ml 1.0fl oz for a good good price and i am a very satisfied customer. a fragrance wore daytime...

KenMo 11.03.2009 · Read review
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TOMMY GIRL SUMMER COLOGNE

Advantages: good value for money, attractive packaging
Disadvantages: not easy to get hold of

...I have always been a fan of the Tommy Girl fragrance. While coming back from my holidays in April since I had a long wait at the airport I decided to look around the duty free. If you had not spent money and were going away this is not a good idea because you will probably spend most of your money here. Luckily, for me I was returning home and so I had some extra money to spare on the beauty products but only one really caught my eye because I had never seen it before and this was the Limited Edition Tommy Girl Summer Cologne. The main reason I was instantly attracted to this bottle is for the same reason many are, the bottle. Unlike many perfumes this bottle does not go for the simple one colour. It radiates the summer just by looking at it the warm yellow, to red through to blue melting into eachother on the glass. With the classic...

ms19 12.07.2004 · Read review
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Enjoy Cologne

Advantages: Close to Cologne Cathedral and shopping areas
Disadvantages: Breakfast expensive 14 euros per person per day

...We booked this hotel throuigh accorhotels.com and it certainly wasn't expensive for the class of hotel. We drove through France to Cologne and found the hotel easily, because it is on a main road. There is a public car park under the hotel which costs 10 euros per day or 1.50 euros per hour, so it could work out expensive if you took the car in and out. We found no reason to take the car anywhere, becauae verything we wanted was within a short walk. Upon arrival we were greeted by a very friendly receptionist who spoke extremely good english. She gave us the choice of a smoking or non smoking room, offered us a tourist map and asked if we needed any information about Cologne. The room was very nice, with air conditioning , internet connection, min bar, room service, television, a supply of shampoo etc, towels and a view over...

isawilda 13.07.2006 (05.06.2007) · Read review
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Review of Mercure Köln Severinshof, Cologne

Yves Saint Laurent Pour Homme Concentrate Cologne **PURE CLASSY**

Advantages: Good Value and super classy smell, not too strong but will be noticeable.
Disadvantages: None for me ,although the bottle could be a little more elegant to match the smell.

...YSL Can you say Classy??? Well you better believe I can, although I?m sure it would sound more elegant in the French language. Yves Saint Laurent Pour Homme swept me completely off of my feet. I was in the department store with a close buddy who was looking for D&G cologne, when the ever so clever and informative sales lady persuaded us to take a closer look at YSL. The marketing of YSL was not as strong as the other brands at the counter so I didn?t notice this silent but venomous killer scent. One whiff and my perfume life would never be the same. The sweet and sexy smell seeped deep into my heart, and thank God not my pocket book. Good value for an exceptional and classy cologne. Its one of the perfumes you would wear on your wedding day, Yeah, that good....

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Cologne at Christmas

Advantages: Great to visit at Christmas, Lots to do
Disadvantages: Gets very cold in autumn/winter so take warm clothing

...Having relatives who live in Germany, I visit at least once a year and my favourite time of the year is Christmas. There is something about arriving in a city like Cologne or Koln, as it is referred to in German, and visiting their Christmas Markets. They have about eight markets in operation between the end of November up until Christmas day. They are an absolute delight and a must for anyone visiting Cologne, all brimming full of continental delights from hand crafted Christmas decorations and toys to enticing chocolate truffles. There are a number of stalls selling Gluwein, which is the local equivalent of Hot Mulled Wine, the perfect antidote to the cold that seems to creep into every part of your body. As others have noted the Cathedral is the main attraction and very beautiful, but if you have a visual impairment be...

tastymorsel 24.08.2004 · Read review
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Cologne christmas markets

Advantages: a different way of christmas
Disadvantages: the crowds

...I have never visted Germany before but took a trip to see the Colocgne and Koblenz christmas markets. We went with a tour company which as it happens will be another story and spent only 4 hours in Cologne but it did leave its mark on me. They have 4 christmas markets 2 near the cathedral and 2 just a few minutes walk away.We went to the largest which was a battle to get to as we had to go through the shoppers but when we got to it we were not disappointed. It was not as I imagined but it was brillant, small stalls all around selling christmas things and many many food stalls. On the christmas stalls you could buy many wooden things nativity sets and the wooden displays like windmalls which you put candles in and the heat makes them turn,I got the most brillant handpainted balls and different sorts of baubles for the tree all at good...

tatootart 08.02.2001 · Read review
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Cologne - Das ist meine Stadt

Advantages: siehe text
Disadvantages: siehe text

...Hey there. I am new here; active at ciao-germany though. I am expressing my experiences at ciao.uk, cos i just wanna keep my english up to date. I used to live in America. Speaking German all the times makes me forgetting the english language. So I hope it didnt get so bad. Well, Cologne is the city where i live at. I dont know why they put this picture for that "product", because the most important and popular part is the center of cologne. In the middle of the center, there is the hugest cathedral all over the world - the cologne cathedral. They started to build it in 1248 and it lasted more than 600 years to finish building it up. It is impressive when you look up the cathedral. Imagine how many Japanese people are running around there and taking pictures. That really cracks me up. Inside the cathedral there are the corpses...

Flittarder 01.12.2002 · Read review
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