july 1 message

it is after midnight and the students are all in bed and hopefully fast asleep. i am in the hostel lobby havingsome alone time and calming down from a long day. this computer is difficult to use, so please excuse the typos. we are now in köln and onlyoneday away from emden, and we are getting anxious. it will be good to get there. today we climbedthe cathedral tower. tyler and dan counted 509 stairs, i think. it is a hot day and was quite a workout. we also took a tour all in german and learned about where young people in köln hang out. it has been a good day, but we were all readyfor bed.

several of you keep asking how we got to rothenburg back on day one. we met some nice people on the train who tried to help us find a bus and we discovered that there were no more. they were on their way to a friends wedding andthey asked him what we could do. he offered to drive us with help from a couple other guests. our other option wouldhavebeen to call the shadylooking taxi advertisement, and all the people were veryfriendly and helpful. we gave them one of our exchange books because they refused to take money.

well, it must be close to one and i am enjoying the quiet down here, but it is time to get some sleep.

frau green