Open your heart to me, baby I hold the lock and you hold the key Open your heart to me, darlin' I'll give you love if you, you turn the key This Valentine’s Day, let Cologne hold the lock and the Rhine hold the key. Join the Köln tradition by engraving both your names on a … Continue reading Germany: Lock Your Love in Cologne
IQ on Proud FM: Cologne, Germany
Cologne, Germany Ivan Quintanilla is the featured travel expert on Toronto’s Proud FM Radio “Your Morning With Richard & Chris.” Click on the link below to hear IQ and the boys talk about gay travel to Cologne, Germany: Ivan Quintanilla on Proud FM-Cologne (6 min.) To learn more about Germany's fourth largest city, and one … Continue reading IQ on Proud FM: Cologne, Germany
Germany: Cologne Carnival Begins on 11/11/11
Always ready to toast with their local Kölsch beer, the people of Cologne, Germany, love a good party. At no point, however, is the city most alive than during Carnival. Coined the “fifth season,” the festivities begin on the eleventh minute of the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. As the … Continue reading Germany: Cologne Carnival Begins on 11/11/11
Germany Takeaway: Eau de Cologne
What do you get when you cross a monk, a businessman and a miraculous liquid? In Cologne, Germany, you get the Ultimate Takeaway. In 1792, a Carthusian monk gave the secret recipe of a “miracle water” as a wedding present to a young entrepreneur. Believing this formula had both fragrant and healing properties, the young … Continue reading Germany Takeaway: Eau de Cologne
Cologne, Germany: Religion & Revelry
Cologne is a city of contrasts. Germany’s most catholic city is also one of its most progressive. Founded along the Rhine River as a Roman settlement in 38 BC, Cologne has managed to stay relevant through more than 2,000 years of history, culture, and artistry. Germany’s fourth largest city celebrates its distinct “Kölsch” culture by … Continue reading Cologne, Germany: Religion & Revelry