Hiii All,

I arrived in Cologne first week of January and started work straight away. I only moved into my new apartment a few days ago...im here for minimum 6months and would like to meet some people outside of work and hopefully make some new friends. In 3 weeks Ive already noticed my English is deteriorating i hope it doesn't continue, coz my German isnt improving either!!:P

I havent been around much since ive arrived. Im from London and recently finished university.
Any fellow English speakers around, wanna meet up for dinner, lunch or something?

btw can someone tell me why nothing is opened on Sundays???

regards,
halfasleep

well Welcome, I am Elaine an American ( I kind of speak english LOL just a differant kind than you are used to!) been here basically since March. we have all kinds of meet ups! If you want to get together let me know .. they close most everything on sundays its the law... save Bakerys- restraunts and the emergency pharmacies you need a special permit to be open on sundays.. its strange but just one of the quirky german things

You'll find though that there are some kiosks and little corner shops open on a Sunday. We even have one in our part of town that's open 24 hrs a day, 7 days a week. Of course, there's always the shopping centre in the main train station too that's always open.

hey halfasleep your here as long as me so! Im also here for 6 months! Feel free to tag along for rosenmontag!!

Hey there,

Just arrived myself. Company relocated me here after working in Beijing for 3 years. Would love to grab a beer. Just drop me a line when you get a chance.

And yeah, I totally get you with the frustration of stores being closed so early and on Sundays as well. Especially confounding, when most Germans are always speaking about how poorly the economy is doing! Here's a thought - let's keep the stores open to stimulate consumer spending.

welcome jfz103. Your more then welcome to come along tomorrow if you want!

Thanks for the invite Spillerkoln. Unfortunately, I don't have the day off tomorrow from work. Would like to catch up some other time, though.

well theres talks of a meetup for the Ireland-France game on saturday. Keep on eye on the 20 something meetup thread for that!

Ireland, Ireland, Together standing tall!!!

Hi,
If you have time on Thursday, 14th of February, just come along. We are a group of international people how are meeting in "Piranha" bar, Kyffhäuserstr. 28A, 50674 Cologne @ 8 p.m. For more information: International meeting Cologne, Every first Thursday of the month

Hi all,

Finnish guy here. I've been in Germany for about a year now but haven't really been around much (work ). I live near Cologne, and I'd like to meet some English-speaking people over a beer or two sometimes and share our german experiences. There seem to be a few threads about meetups in Cologne, one for 20-somethings and one for 40+; this leaves me in kind of a no mans land (I'm just over 30). Any suggestions?

Ignore the ages for the meets, they don't really mean anything any more!

Antony is right! Just come along on Friday night !

Hi I am Elaine,
We have kind of thrown out the age thing--- I to am just over my 30's-- They all let me tag along! We have a meet up for friday if you would like to come!

This would be at the Rudolfplatz Starbucks at 7, am I right? I'll be there.

Just wanted to say hi. I am from the North of England and I have lived in Cologne for 4 years. I don't know any fellow native speakers so would be nice to meet some!

welcome colonia!!! we have no meet-ups planned for the near future, but that could change!

Could? Will!

yea, antony (no H) is right it will change! but he'll be back in the smelly UK and will miss it!

Cool! I'll keep an eye out on here and make sure I come to the next meet up! Thanx!

Come on Antony, lets organise something for the 7/8th March...I can provide a map!!

Hi Coloniachica (and hi everybody else!!)
Welcome to TT! I have also been living in Cologne for 4 years but also only just recently discovered TT!
Would be nice to meet you !

@englishman and antony, preferably saturday the 8th please ;-) !!

So Meet up planned in Cologne for Sat 8th in the evening...will start a new thread...soon!

Sounds good! I should be back to life by then...!! ;-)

Am in Hannover that weekend, back on Monday

PLEASE make it for the 7th... Then I can come!!!
Don't worry Stephan, I'll leave my boxing gloves at home

hey all.
introducing myself.
new to köln here for 10 or 11 months and arrvied late januray just in time for karnival.
german is shit so far working here doing chef auzbildung.
keen to meet some more english speakers.
cheers damo

Hi Damo, and welcome to Cologne!
We're a nice group of people ;-)) and meet up regularly in the weekend, so join us on the 8th of March!

Damo come along and get to know us, before you meet the roaring drunks on paddy's day!!!

Hope you enjoyed Karneval

Everyone is online!

That was post number 69 by the way...

...number 70...alost there!

@englishman, are you by any chance trying to reach 100 posts?!

i cant compete im only on 10th post!!...btw anything happening this weekend (ive been tied up with work since i arrived, havnt seen or met any of u guys since karnivl)...will be in london on the 8th so cant make nxt week

KS

nothing planned for this wknd so far halfasleep... but you never know!

Sorry Rosie too late...tis the 8th...

@ Lenou...trying too but harder than I thought...I don thave as much hot air as spiller!! lol

@englishman but i dont spam...

careful simon, editor bob will probably notice

Hallo zusammen,

it is nice to finally find some people to talk to, coz im bored from trying to speak german all the day.
moved into many cities in Germany since the last year, and I settled in Cologne, will stay for years. dont ask me why, i just dont know only a little bit of work and more chilling out and funn.

hope that i can find cool and funny people around here

i noticed people here almost knows each other, so how many of u out there? in Cologne for example?

@ daybyday our next meet is on sat 8th March, come along and find out!

thanx for the invitation Englishmanincologne,
I will try to come. this may sound a bit stupid (try to give a new member a break), but where and when on 8th of march?
and is there any way to know where the group are, because i dont want to ask all people if they are Toytown group.

i got it now
Corkonian, Alt markt 51. around 7:30

Hi daybyday, welcome to Cologne!
the meet up is at the Corkonian (Irish pub) on Alter Markt at 19.30
Here is a map: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&...=16&iwloc=A

If you want, we can tell the waiter at the bar that we're from Toytown and then you can ask him to find us quickly! how does that sound?
see you on Saturday!

hi all - i am also relatively new to köln (been here since late sept.) and new to this forum. i would like to meet some fellow english speakers... perhaps i will join you on saturday at altermarkt :)

Hi Bucketheadwendy, would be great if you came along on sat it will be fun!

Welcome Bucketheadwendy! Do come along on sat! The more the merrier!

I'll be there too!! Hope I find everyone. Looking forward to speaking some English for once! LG!

Yay! You wont be able to miss us...just look out for the tanle full of tall dark and handsome people (except you Lenou! )

=tanle :- an often round or oblong or circular abject at which one can be seated. Referred to by some english speakers as a 'table'
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