Tuesday June 8th, 2004

More Ice Water on the buffet!! They have other stuff, too, you know? But Ice Water was my main attraction! Sad, isn't it?

We pack our bags for the return trip to Koblenz. We have to take a train to Koln (Cologne) and then change trains to get to Koblenz. The train from Amsterdam to Koln was another ICE and once again very comfortable. We missed our train to Koblenz when the ICE got delayed by a freight train ... but the next train came along in a short time ... still no time to see the cathedral in Koln. Gary met us, still dressed in his clothes from work.

We got back to Gary's and all changed. Gary opened a bottle of Champagne and we toasted to travels and friendship. Then I started on the laundry while Gary went in search of steaks to grill out. We drank champagne and beers and scotch and ate salad and pork steaks. I continued with the laundry as we all were leaving the next day for 4 days in Scotland! Essentially this was our last night in Koblenz. It was hot inside Gary's place so we hung out on the balcony listening to music and talking and imagining the lives of the people we saw through the windows across the way. Luckily, Gary had a couple fans in his apartment so we slept pretty well ...