The history behind the name of this cache
{"Ständige Vertretung Moskau"/"Permanent Representation Moscow"} is
that it is a reference to the "Ständige Vertretung"/"Permanent
Representation" the two German states had before unification in
1990. Since West Germany didn't recognize East Germany as a
legitimate state, they couldn't have a normal embassy there, so
they called it Ständige Vertretung instead.
This cache comes to the Palouse from
Cologne Germany. The contents of the cache are all German related
and sent to us from eigengott ~~ a Geman cacher. The cache is being
maintained by LadyStevenson and Moun10goat.
When you visit this cache, please have
trade items that represent the region you are from or the USA. The
reason this is asked is because the trade items will go to the
sister cache in Germany. Any money placed in this cache will go to
the cache in Germany.
eigengott lives in Cologne
Germany.
Cologne is the fourth largest German city
after Berlin, Hamburg, and Munich. It is one of the major European
metropolitan areas with more than 12 million inhabitants and it's
one of the oldest cities in Germany, having been founded by the
Romans in the year 30 b.c. Cologne was granted the status of a
Roman "city" in the year 50.
Cologne lies at the Rhine. The city's
famous Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) is the seat of the Roman
Catholic Archbishopric of Cologne. The University of Cologne
(Universität zu Köln) is one of Europe's oldest universities and
internationally renowned for its departments of economics and
computer science. Also important to the city is its Kölsch
beer.
Cologne is the
economic and cultural capital of the Rhineland and has a vibrant
art scene. Cologne counts over 30 museums and hundreds of
galleries. Exhibitions range from local ancient Roman
archaeological sites to contemporary graphics and sculpture. The
city's Trade Fair Grounds are host to a number of trade shows such
as the Art Cologne Fair, the International Furniture Fair (IMM) and
the Photokina. Cologne is also well known for its celebration of
Cologne Carnival.
**excerpts from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cologne
An International Cache Exchange is where
two people from two different countries agree to exchange caches.
Then, you maintain the cache in your country & the other person
maintains the cache in their country. When supplies get low, you
replenish your cache in the other country & your counterpart
replenishes the cache in your country. The origninal cache exchange
was between "Divine" in Finland and Canadazuuk in Canada. This is
the LINK
for the forum thread on the International Cache Exchange. This is
the LINK
for the Nordic thread in the forums. Finally, here is the
LINK to an
article in Today's Cacher written by Divine (about International
Cache Exchanges).
We hope that you will enjoy exploring the
area and the cache.
The coords were averaged a couple of times
and with a 25ft accuracy. The clue should help! And, yes,
Moun10goat did have some help in placing this one. 