Category: EUROPE | Page 2 | The Travelling Colognian

Summer Highlight: “Kölner Lichter” – one of the greatest Fireworks of Europe

by Vanessa | Aug 4, 2014 | DESTINATIONS, EUROPE, Germany, Travel Advice, TRAVEL GENRES |

Every year on a Saturday night in July the city of Cologne or Köln (how it is called in german) arranges the “Kölner Lichter”, one of the greatest music-synchronized fireworks of Europe. They were established in 2001; the idea for it emerged from a...

Changes on my Blog

by Vanessa | Jul 14, 2014 | Abu Dhabi, Argentina, ASIA, Borneo, Cambodia, CENTRAL AMERICA, Chile, China, Costa Rica, DESTINATIONS, Dubai, East Asia, EUROPE, Germany, Hongkong, India, Laos, Malaysia, MIDDLE EAST & PERSIAN GULF, Nepal, NORTH AMERICA, Singapore, SOUTH AMERICA, South Asia, South East Asia, Thailand, Tibet, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam | 4 comments

As some of you might have noticed already, there are a few changes on my Blog. About one month ago I have purchased WPML, a Multilanguage Plugin which allows me to operate a multilingual Website. Yes, I have blogged in English and in German since I started my Blog,...

My Liebster Award No. 2

by Vanessa | Jun 6, 2014 | Argentina, ASIA, Borneo, Chile, China, DESTINATIONS, Dubai, Dubai, East Asia, EUROPE, Germany, India, Laos, Malaysia, MIDDLE EAST & PERSIAN GULF, Singapore, SOUTH AMERICA, South Asia, South East Asia, Thailand, Tibet, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam |

Many thanks to Pam from A blonde around the world, a fellow Travel Blogger from Italy, who has nominated me and nine other Travel Bloggers for the Liebster Award, just one week after I received my first Liebster Award Nomination. Liebster is a german word and means...

My Liebster Award No. 1 – “Blogstöckchen”!

by Vanessa | May 17, 2014 | ASIA, Borneo, CENTRAL AMERICA, China, Costa Rica, DESTINATIONS, East Asia, EUROPE, India, Laos, Nepal, NORTH AMERICA, South Asia, South East Asia, Tibet, United Kingdom, United States |

First of all, I would like to thank Alexandra from Silvesterkind, a fellow german Travel Blogger, who has invited me and ten other Bloggers to answer her eleven questions for the Liebster Award. A few days later I received another invitation from a fellow Travel...

Earth Hour 2014: Turn the lights off

by Vanessa | Mar 31, 2014 | ASIA, DESTINATIONS, EUROPE, Germany, South East Asia, Thailand |

The Opera House in Sydney, the Bird’s nest in Beijing, Taipeh 101, the India Gate in Delhi, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the Moscow Kremlin, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Empire State Building in New York, the Brandenburg Gate, the “Kölner Dom” and...

Merry Christmas‏

by Vanessa | Dec 24, 2013 | ASIA, DESTINATIONS, East Asia, EUROPE, Germany, Hongkong, Malaysia, Singapore, South East Asia, Thailand |

As much as I love travelling, especially in Asia, I always make sure that I am home for Christmas. In the past three years I got back home at least two weeks before Christmas or left Germany in early January to be able to absorb a bit of the christmassy spirit which...