While in the UK the hunt for the Third Cell goes on, Cologne prepares a mass event of "soft targets" plus their well known idol, the pope. Today I saw newspapers pro- claiming Cologne will be a fortress in two weeks time. I do remember Bill Clinton being in town and armed policemen taking control of windows in the office buildings around the cathedral. Clinton walked along as if he was on holiday and later dropped into a traditional brewery to quench his thirst. Apparently the latter might not happen with the pope.
On the streets shops show a multitude of pope t-shirts by now, the rushed release of the first shirt is fading already. A combination like "I´ve been to the Fortress Cologne and saw the pope from row 112" might appear soon. Or there might be a "I´ve been to Cologne but all I saw of the pope was this lousy t-shirt".