Koln

Thursday, 7 July

Cloudy. It threatened rain but didn’t. We left Aachen about 11 am to travel to Koln in the car. On the way we heard on the radio that there had been bombings in London – one right near the British Museum. We were lucky to be out of there. A pity. It takes the shine of our “sojourn” in London. Of course some morons immediately claim Al Qaeda did it with no proof whatsoever. Made me wonder…

In Koln we looked inside the massive Dom (cathedral). Very tall and quite impressive. Nothing much else to see. We wandered down the newer shopping area - scores of people. The altstadt (old town) was pleasant but not as ‘picturesque’ as other places.

Had lunch outside a bar (including a ‘bier’ of course). I bought a couple of glasses at a souvenir shop. Cashed some travellers cheques at the station.

Drove back to Aachen (and I was nodding off). Texts from Ashika and John about London. No email.