At the railway station we met Jackie and then Alison immediately afterwards, and then we came back here for Alison to register for her room and dump her stuff.<\/p>\n
Finally, everyone being assembled, we all set sail for the town.<\/p>\n
Firstly we stopped for a coffee and then set sail down the Rhine for an hour. It had stopped snowing by now and although it was freezing cold, it was a reasonable day.<\/p>\n
When we came back we went for another coffee at this expensive place that Jackie knows and everyone else had a slice of cake – the best cakes in this part of Germany so we had been told, and they agreed with that description.<\/p>\n
And then we hit the shops. Alison had quite a list of what she wanted and Jackie wanted some stuff too. And Cologne is the place to come for that kind of stuff.<\/p>\n
Back here to drop off everyone’s purchases and a little “relax” for half an hour, time that Jackie and I spent chatting about old times and then out for a meal.<\/p>\n
On our travels during the day we’d seen a “vegetarian Indian restaurant” and that was our stop for the evening. And on entering, I knew that it was going to be good judging by the number of Indian people dining here.<\/p>\n
No place for tourists this.<\/p>\n
And I was right too. This was one of the best Indian meals that I’ve ever had outside Stoke on Trent and I shall be putting the toilet roll in the fridge tonight.<\/p>\n
Across the road to the pub afterwards for drinks and a chat, and listen to the music on the pneumatic accordion and tuba before coming home to the hotel and sticking Jackie on a tram.<\/p>\n
Alison was having no end of difficulty with her room and her internet and there wasn’t an awful lot that I could do to help unfortunately.<\/p>\n
At least I managed to write up my notes and prepare myself for bed. But that won’t be for a while as I have Hawkwind on the playlist again and it’s the kind of music that I’m in the mood.<\/p>\n
Ich weiss night wass ich sagen sollde.<\/em><\/p>\n
