No blog for last night, and not much today. Have a very sore throat, am tired, and sore.
Yesterday we went to Aachen to visit a cathedral from 813. Very impressive! Gorgeous, and so many stories associated with it. It is unlike most of the cathedrals in that it is octagonal, and not in the form of a cross. Beautiful.
I saw the throne of Charlemagne, which is a pretty big deal. It's interesting hearing about the history in school, and now finally seeing some of it for myself.
We also walked around the city, which was, not surprisingly, beautiful as well. It is a very old city, with lots of roman influence. The Rathaus (town hall) was fascinating. It also happens to be a very big, and important, university town. Very young population
Got to meet Miriam's eldest sibling, Jeremiahs. Like the rest of the family, very genial guy, and like the rest, very smart indeed. He showed us a lot of the university buildings, and the hospital, looks like a space ship. Amazing!
This morning, woke up super early to catch the train to köln, and then the train to amsterdam. Will update more on the Amsterdam trip Sunday, most likely. I dont have the keyboard for the iPad, and ive gotten too used to typing with it.
For now, hot tea, and maybe read a little before falling asleep. And maybe I'll feel better for my tour of Amsterdam tomorrow!
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