Back from my 3-day trip to Cologne, I'm leaving for Roscoff tomorrow (Brittany) where I'll take a two-week course. They have Wifi and I'm taking my iPad, but I won't be very active.

Anyway, between the moment we checked into the hotel (Thursday afternoon) and the one we checked out (early this morning), about half of our time was spent wandering the streets of Neumarkt and Heumarkt.

My legs now hate me and I have a nice little blister on my right foot, but we bought a few things that should make up for it by being useful. I have memories of eating this pretzel (normal-sized, not the small cracker versions known elsewhere) while fearless pigeons closed in waiting for crumbs.

Also, there were plenty of hobos there (about 12 men and a young woman), the great majority playing an instrument and singing. A lot of them were accompanied by their dog - I saw a guy teasing a Basset to have his finger munched on, and another with his large dog cradled in his lap receiving the petting of a lifetime.

Made me think about this "male privilege" radfems keep yelling about, on which I'm making a post on Tumblr right now.

In any case, we've brought back stuff of which I could make a list but feel too preoccupied to. One thing I'll mention though, is a blue jean-styled hat. :3