Blogs from Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany, Europe - page 15

Heading back to the real world today! Off to overnight in Frankfurt and heading home on Saturday 11-Oct. See final posted Amsterdam pics. I have a few pics that I cannot get off the camera until I get home, will post them later. I waited at the Anne Frank house yesterday but the line was 2-3 hours long, maybe next time! All in all its been a great trip and I did get a book completed (John Grisham - A Time to Kill). One thing I really miss about the US, ice :-)... read more

As the train took us towards Frankfurt Main Hbf from the airport, E and I were so puzzled. How can we be the only 2 people riding the train? Looking out the window, there were only 3 people walking very slowly on the plate form. It was 8:00 Friday morning. Where is everyone? Where is the rush hour and traffic jam? We finally realized it was a public holiday. I don't like public holidays in Europe when all the shops and lots of restaurants are closed. Oh well, we were jet-lagged anyway.... read more

We took the S-bahn back to Offenbach and sat across from a kid wearing a Utah t-shirt listing the places to go hiking. We spoke to him and his father for a little while and they made sure we got off at the right stop. People here are really friendly, from our experience, though maybe it helps that we look so clueless. We went to Stephen and Oliver's apartment on the "penthouse" of Offenbach's "skyscraper" (the 14th floor). It was beautiful, with a long terrace full of plants, and a modern white decor. The dinner table was nicely decorated with a big pumpkin in the middle, which turned out to contain homemade pumpkin ginger soup (apparently pumpkin is the new food trend in Germany, they've recently discovered it). This was followed by sticky potato balls with ... read more

We landed yesterday in Frankfurt at 5:45 (earlier than it was supposed to come - a good omen). We made our way to the central train station with very little trouble and found an internet cafe open in the station (a very good omen - we found an email from our couchsurfing host telling us how to get to his place). As we left the station, though, we realized that Jan had forgotten the nice new black jacket his mother had gotten him, essential to staying warm on this trip, and we had to go back to the airport and wait around for an hour to get it back. We decided this was a pretty bad omen. Having no idea what to expect or what the future holds, we are giving undue importance to everyday mishaps. ... read more

Soooo hier mein erster Eintrag - noch nicht in Costa Rica, sondern aus Frankfurt, wo ich seit gestern festsitze. Mein Flug wurde naemlich wegen des Hurricanes ueber der dom rep gecancelt und ich lief ein bisschen verloren mit meinen 385000 Handgepaeckstuecken ueber den frankfurter Flughafen und wurde von einer infostelle zur naechsten geschickt. Naja, zum Glueck wendete sich das Blatt als dann ein Anruf von Anja kam!! :) Die hat mich dann naemlich vom Flughafen abgeholt und mit in ihr 4-Sternehotelzimmerchen genommen. Dort hab ich dann erstmal so ein bisschen ihre Freunde und ihr Leben kennengelernt und muss sagen, dass sie es hier schon ganz gut hat''! Dual studieren heisst nicht unbedingt nur arbeiten. Wir haben naemlich mit ihren leuten hier auf dem Zimmer noch einen Film geguckt und waren schliesslich erst so um 2 im ... read more