philipp-schmolke - WEB-GEAR Homepage - http://www.philipp-schmolke.ag.vu/ - Philipp Schmolke

Thank you for your interest in exchanging your home with ours (homelink no. DE000313)

We are Susanne (47), corporate co-operations manager in an NGO, and Philipp (45), an English and German grammar school teacher. We enjoy travelling, socialising with friends, reading, music and following our football teams Schalke and Bochum. Susanne is fond of graveyards and is a hobby tour guide on Cologne´s famous Melaten graveyard - visit her site www.melatenfriedhof.de .

We have done home exchanges to (among others) Boston, San Francisco, Paris,Tokyo, Vancouver, Barcelona and Amsterdam, all of which were fantastic experiences.

 

 

Cologne

Our home town is Cologne on the river Rhine with one million inhabitants. Come and explore its impressive cathedral as well as its beautiful romanesque churches, visit some of the many museums and art galleries, enjoy its theatres or the opera house, browse in the countless shops on Schildergasse and Ehrenstraße - or just relax on the banks of the Rhine, in Cologne´s many parks or in one of the countless cozy pubs and brewhouses in the Old Town with their easy-going, relaxed atmosphere. Cologne is well-known as a particularly hospitable and tolerant place and has been a hub of European culture for 2000 years.

Learn more about Cologne on this English language website: http://www.koeln.de/cologne_tourist_information

   

         

             

 

Or you might want to take a boat up the river Rhine, past romantic castles and vineyards and the Loreley rock, stopping at some of the picturesque little villages on the way for a glass of Rhine wine.

      

 

We´re also a good starting place if you´re planning to see some of Europe´s major cities: It´s only 80 kilometres to Belgium and the Netherlands; Amsterdam is three hours, Paris less than four hours, Berlin five hours by train. If you like a bit of nature to escape to, there´s the Eifel region half an hour away with countless hiking trails, ancient volcanoes, lakes and beautiful little villages. The Ruhr area (45 minutes by car), where we both come from, is an interesting ex-industrial region looking for a new identity; it has lots of museums, concerts and other events to offer.

 

Our place

Our appartment is on the third floor (there is a lift) and is 114 square meters. It has a large hall, three bedrooms, a kitchen and a bathroom. There are two balconies, one giving on the street in front of our house, one on a large green yard with old trees and gardens. Both are spacious enough for comfortable barbecueing. We are very fond of books (many of them in English), films and music. There are two TVs (one with a DVD player), two stereos, a PC with high-speed internet access, a washing machine and a dishwasher. Several guitars (electric and acoustic) and other instruments are there for you to try out.

The area is safe and has many good restaurants, cozy bars, lively music clubs and quality shops (bakery, butcher, fishmonger, wine seller, vegetables as well as several late night supermarkets). Two tram lines stop right in front of our house, so you can get to the cathedral / city centre in 12 minutes. The neighbours are very friendly and helpful; most of them speak English and will be happy to help you with any problem you might encounter.

 

house front                                      our balcony front                                                              house back

 

      

                  hall                                                                                            kitchen

 

         

                                                                                Susanne´s room

 

             

                                                                                 bedroom

 

   

bathroom                                                                                                                    kitchen

 

     

hall                                                                        views from back balcony in winter / spring

 

 our car (a 2004 Mini Cooper)

If you have any questions, please contact us:      phschmolke@web.de

Susanne Franke & Philipp Schmolke, Ehrenfeldgürtel 171, 50823 Köln, Germany

Tel. +49 221 510 48 42

 

 

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