Diary, 19th of July, 2009 - Meeting the German

To protect the innocent, some names and places in this post have been falsified.

For the first time in about a week, Peter and I awoke late in the morning with a full night's sleep. Clarissa went down the street to get a selection of French breads and pastries, and the four of us sat down to a superb breakfast and discussed the plan for the day.

Fearing that our presence in the apartment may attract the wrong kind of attention, or that it may be bugged, Rob decided to take us walking through the busy tourist heavy areas of Paris to give us the latest intelligence out of France on the whereabouts of the World Economy and the Utopian Banking Society conspiracy.

While posing as tourists walking past the old city cemetaries, through old cobblestone laneways and into the crypt of the Basilique du Sacré Cœur, Rob told us that a member of the German resistance had made an unconfirmed sighting of UPS conspirators, while holidaying in the tiny village of Klatovy in the Czech Republic. Apparently, several men in expensive pinstriped suits had been seen by a few of the locals, acting suspiciously carrying supplies in and out of the woods near town, and purchasing large quantities of food and water before leaving just one day ago.

We decided that it was essential that we speak to the German as soon as possible. Rob called some contacts to track down the German's location, and arrange a meeting. While we awaited instructions for our meeting we returned to Rob and Clarissa's apartment for a fantastic lunch, French style, with a selection of breads, cheeses, salad and some Italian sausage.

Shortly after lunch Rob received a coded message, indicating that we could meet the German just after midnight at Otto and Linda's bed and breakfast, in the sleepy town of Prüm, Germany. With this news we repacked the Subprime Micra and headed Northeast toward Prüm, there was not a second to lose...