My first thought on why so many hurricanes are hitting the U.S. (and more recently hurricane Katrina) is something related to karma. I guess the U.S. is one of the countries neglecting care for the environment. Guzzling tremendous amounts of fossil fuels like it is an inextinguishable source of energy, not being cooperative in environmental protocols, etc. Maybe this is one way Mother Nature is telling the U.S. of her concerns.
Yawn…its 430 am…time to wake up and eat a hearty breakfast…got to leave by 530 to catch a bus to the train station…my destination, Cologne, Germany for the 20th World Youth Day…yaiks! its already 6 am…got to hurry…got to my train ahead of time…it is the Intercity Express or ICE as they call it…trains that rocket you to 200 - 300 km/h…making traveling in Europe convenient…the inside is like a plane as well as the outside…except for the wings of course…after 3 hours and 5 minutes…I am in Cologne…I guess one of the Catholic seats in Germany…they say, the farther south you go, the more Catholics there are…ok, time to get lost…where is the Pope?…i guess I have to go to Marienfeld for the mass…where is Marienfeld?…Service Point: "take the trains going to Horrem in platform 11"…so I did…met some Filipinos on the train station…apparently they would be going back home after camping out in Marienfeld the night before for the vigil…asked them the way to Marienfeld…to be continued…
