I'm back up - apparently, I'm in one of those "sleep fine the first night, stay awake the second" swings. I cheerfully await sleep tonight, I guess. In the meantime, the hostage crisis here still has the area cordoned off. There are police and medical units camped out here at the hotel, and they have that "up all night" hangdog look going - one of the medical guys was trying to sleep on the sofa.

There's still a way in and out of the hotel though - I checked with the front desk, and we can get in and out near the restaurant. Which means a train ride to and from the airport, looks like. I don't have any real news about the hostage thing, other than the nearly 12 hour duration of it - not a good sign, IMHO. I thought the early release of children sounded good, but now it doesn't look so good. Then again, I'm in a cocoon here, so what do I know?

I'll try to pick up some news on my way to and from the airport, and see if any of this hits the media in the meantime.