Vivaaa Cologniaaa

I couldn't travel much in the first 6 months of my stay here because of money + residence permit problems and i promised to travel as much as i can in this second half. So in February, i booked my tickets to Cologne, Paris, Stockholm and Dublin.. :)

My first trip was to Cologne last weekend for the Cologne Carnival. Being one of the most famous carnivals in the world (following Rio and Venice) I was quite curious and excited to go there weeks before. I didnt know this carnival has been celebrated for around 200 years :
http://www.colognecarnival.com/

I was a bit worried what to wear,too.. However after seeing so many people with so strange, wild and random clothes in Cologne station, i thought whatever i could wear would be accepted.

Thanks to Levent, I decided to be an afro woman from the 70s.. However with the hair, i looked most like an oldie housewife.. :)

The first night, Friday, Levent, Tina and I were out with Levent's Turkish friends, tried to get into many packed pubs and bars, and luckily we could find 2 places with good music.
(ps : that night had a special importance for me as it was the first (in fact second) time i accidentally ate pork. )

On Saturday, it was even more fun as Geri, Onur, Kasia, Will, Carlo and dear Hatice joined us.. I dont remember how many places we went, how much beer i drank as i was a bit consciousless most of the night :P I remember, it was again around 5 in the morning when we got back home.

Unfortunately i missed the sunday and Rosenmontag (rose monday) which are basicly the most important parts of the carnival.. (although i was there, i dont remember most of Friday and Saturday neither) but somehow i feel that i had a really good time.. :) especially looking at the pics : http://www.flickr.com/photos/57085928@N00/

Next destination : Paris.. Tomorrow!