{"id":627,"date":"2014-01-22T22:28:21","date_gmt":"2014-01-22T21:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/annamorena.de\/travelblog\/?p=627"},"modified":"2014-07-31T18:12:57","modified_gmt":"2014-07-31T16:12:57","slug":"taking-new-routes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/annamorena.de\/travelblog\/?p=627","title":{"rendered":"Taking new routes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It seemed to be a never ending story: Finding a pleasurable biking route from my new place in Neuehrenfeld<\/a> to my workplace (near Reichenspergerplatz<\/a>). I had to surrender several times because of\u00a0insurmountable high streets or unexpected «mountains» in the middle of Cologne ;)
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But today I dared to give it another try.<\/p>\n

It was more accidentally that I came across this route. It was the 2nd January of this year and I had spent the day mainly in bed reviving from the NYE trip to Amsterdam<\/a> when I felt the urge to see some daylight and move al fresco. So I caught my bike and just hit the road – no clear destination in my head. Or wait, I think I wanted to go to the Rhein first. But then a strong force pulled me in another direction – to Nippes. I hadn’t visited this district yet since I lived in Cologne again but it was always on my list of places I still wanted to explore with my camera. So the time had come!<\/p>\n

The first thing I spotted when I was entering the «Nippes area» was a huge colorful turkey (?) :D by Dabtar from the Captain Borderline Crew<\/a>\u00a0created for the CityLeaks 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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In the same street there was a wonderful house \/ pub richly ornamented with tiles and broken fragments forming an artistic mosaic that reminded me of the architectural artwork of Hundertwasser.<\/p>\n

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And I found also another CityLeaks artwork on my tour through Nippes.
\nThe one below created by SatOne.<\/p>\n

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I felt quite familiar with Nippes. Like coming home somehow :) It’s a really nice restful place with little streets, relaxed people, playgrounds, kids. It must be cute place to live.<\/p>\n

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At some point on this tour I took a look at the map of my smartphone to locate my position. And I found myself very close to my workplace – So, I was like: «Hey! This could be your new morning and evening route, no?» :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It seemed to be a never ending story: Finding a pleasurable biking route from my new place in Neuehrenfeld to …<\/p>\n

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