Out. About.

One of the nice things about missing train connections is that you get to see small bits of new cities. I'm stranded in Aachen at the moment for an hour on the way to Belgium for the weekend. I headed straight and slightly left from the train station, and within a few minutes discovered . . . . a giant statue of a horse . . . . and a lot of neat classical whitish-blocky-stone buildings with pretty windows. It was as much like Paris as Freiburg -- unsurprising, considering the map.

I also found lots of the familiar German chain stores that already inspire a sense of comfort in me: banks (Dresdnerbank, Commerzbank, Sparkasse), pharmacies (DM, Schlecker), groceries (Basic, the "frische Bio-Supermarkt"). And had time to blog about it before catching the train out.

Today in class, while explaining the solution to a problem on the last model-theory assignment, my tutor was heard to mumble, "Iteration is good, iteration is good, iteration is good . . . ."