Cologne Diaries Archives • Page 4 of 5 • Maverickbird

Kölsch, Schweinshaxe, and other joys of a brauhaus in Cologne

Earlier this month in Cologne, I went on a local food and drink binge with my friends. Since summer was […]

August 24, 2018

It was quite a joke, that Cologne was hotter than Cairo, the day we arrived back in Germany from Egypt. […]

August 10, 2018

One of the things I miss most in Cairo is good hearty German bread. Due to my growing up in […]

July 15, 2018

The famous Carnival of Cologne officially kicks off on 11th November at 11.11 hrs. Carnival is called the “fifth season […]

November 14, 2017

The Moselle Valley in Germany is as pretty as a storybook setting. The lively Moselle river meanders between hillside castles […]

September 7, 2017

Contrary to how it sounds, the wurst of Germany is actually one of its best things. The German word for […]

July 8, 2017

Every time Tarek and I drive back to Cologne fro somewhere outside, we play a game; and that is, who […]

June 22, 2017

The weather in Cologne has been playing truant for some time. Super hot days (it gets extremely hot in summer […]

June 15, 2017

When I was a little girl, I loved smelling my freshly shaved father. He knew that I liked it, and […]

June 1, 2017

It is spring now and in Germany, the fresh produce shops are riots of colours. Leafy vegetables of every kind […]

May 25, 2017