2 july 2005

According to the LED display at the front of my train car, I am heading towards Koln - Cologne - at 167 kilometers an hour. I didnt think Id make it onto this train at all when i arrived at the station 20 minutes before departure to find the ticketing lounge packed with people, but the Dutch railways take-a-number szstem awards special priority numbers to unprepared last-minute travelers like myself. I was in and out in 5 minutes, got a sandwhich, got onboard.

I didnt sleep much last nite so Im tired and a little empty-feeling.

With any luck I will meet up with Talley in a few hours on the steps of Colognes twin-spired Gothic cathedral.