Blogs from Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Touchdown in Frankfurt March 5, 2024 Kirsten and I scanned all the European flights leaving JFK and the best option was Frankfurt. So, as I’m finishing my second glass of Rioja, I’ll type out a few lines. I watched a great romcom, “She Came to Me” while eating dinner. I read a few chapters in my new book “The 3 Body Problem”. Now I’m going to put this seat into sleep mode and try to get some sleep. Kirsten is already out and I’m going to be asleep soon. Wake up Mr. Vaughan, woah... that was a rough flight and I only got about 2 hrs of sleep. I felt like we were riding on brick roads in downtown Orlando. Kirsten slept like a baby. We had breakfast and as they were taking away my tray, ... read more

Let's start with the night before. As I mentioned, we were meeting up with Baerbel and Michael for dinner in their home town just across the river from Bingen. We caught the ferry over and were taken to the top of the hills behind Rudesheim which afforded great views over the Rhine (see photo). We then went on to have dinner in a local restaurant that served authentic German food. There was live music playing and the place had a great vibe. We had an amazing time with our hosts, the meal, conversation and company were all perfect. We caught the ferry back to Bingen at about 11:20pm and didn't get to bed until after midnight. This morning we both woke about 6:30am and began the ritual of packing up again - it is already getting ... read more

The Rain has caught up with us Oct 14, 15 & 16 2022 We slept in late this morning knowing it was raining all over Germany. Kirsten and I vonder down to breakfast and the dining room is full. We find our table, we’re happy but sad knowing our getaway is coming to an end. Last night as Kirsten was slipping away, I started checking the flights. Yeah, we’re doing the buddy pass shuffle. Its Friday and the flights Saturday looked pretty good, it’s raining so l suggest.... let’s go home and get out of this rain. Kirsten agreed, so after breakfast I loaded Frankfurt Zentrum “city center” into the google maps and Apple Car Play took it from there. We ended up in downtown Frankfurt, parked the car and grabbed our umbrellas and walked the ... read more

Day 8 – The flight to Dubai where we transited to Frankfurt was at least 30 minutes early and the scheduled departure 20 minutes later so we were left with over 3 hours to kill at Dubai airport. However it is so strung out it took a good half an hour to get to our gate via lifts, escalators, a train and more lifts and added to that a break for a coffee and snack the time didn’t drag too much. However, given we had no more than 30 minutes sleep on the flight to Dubai we were both feeling pretty jaded by the time we boarded the Frankfurt-bound flight at 3 am. The flight to Frankfurt was very smooth – although we ended up with an exit row seat which was great for legroom it ... read more

Travelling from Australia to Singapore staying overnight we generally stay around the Bugis area so we have get the train to Singapore Airport for our flight to Frankfurt in Germany . We arrived in Frankfurt 10th June 2019 stayed 5 nights at Flemings Hotel Messe near Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof station. we ate at the food places at the train station .We are a mature independent travellers we like to explore on our own , we also like to stay near the main train stations so when travelling to other places it makes it easier to get to the next city . 10th June we stayed around Frankfurt Neue Altstadt ( Old Town) area sights including Romer( City Hall) , St Nicholas church, Kaiserdom ( St Bartholomew Church) strolling through Berger Strabe , which has shopping and cafes ... read more

What a Day this has been!!!! (start of a song from one of my favorite musicals!) What a rare mood I'm in!!! WOW! Today was a travel day from Rome to Frankfurt. It is here that we will meet up with our tour guide from Image Tours and start our two week guided tour around Europe. Our driver showed up a little early so we were rushing around trying not to hold him up. No lift, so we had to drag our suitcases upstairs and through the gravel courtyard to the street! We got to the airport way, way early which Is great....no rushing! We get to Lufthansa only to find out we have to check our carry ons because, as the agent said, they were too big. Now we have covered 5 airports so far ... read more