From what I understand, in the Cologne base most people settle in either Cologne, Bonn (or more accurately the Bonn suburbs) or Düsseldorf. There are some outliers that may live in Aachen or somewhere else, but mainly those three cities. Families with children tend to be in the suburbs of Bonn (i.e. Bad Godesburg) since that's were they have two good international schools. The Köln crowd tends to be almost exclusively singles and empty nesters since there isn't really a good English school in the area. Düsseldorf has a mixture of both families with kids and empty nesters.

In Köln itself, I've heard that there is definitely a tight knit community there, and I'm sure the Bonners and Düsseldorfers have the same dynamic. If you were in the military, I've heard the base has a "squadron" feel to it, where people living there are always ready to help out others and readily take people under their wing and join together to assist in any way they can.

In Köln there always seems to be a get together of some sort where the people living in the community are getting together for dinners, movies, shopping, festivals, etc.

As far as where they live in the city, they seem to be spread out, with certain pockets in different neighborhoods.

If you (or anyone else) is interested in bidding the CGN base, there is a Facebook group where you can get information from people living in the base. Search "FedEx CGN Base Info."

 

 

Perfect, thank you all for the info!

 

Anybody else interviewing August 14th? Excited!

 

Congrats on the invite.

Please post your hours/background/whether or not you have a PE so that others can get a gauge of who they are currently calling.

Thanks and good luck!

 

3500 TT
1100 TPIC
All civilian and 121 RJ CA.
4yr degree UND
No failures
No PE

My stats should give many others some hope that the call is coming, its only a matter of time.

 

Congrats. Any internal recs?

 

Middies, Just curious when you started applying. My stats are similar to yours except for the TT. Still hoping for a call/email.

 

One

My Fedex app has been in for about a year.

 

What does PE stand for? Something expo?