Blogs from Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany, Europe - page 29

Mid Atlantic. Not sleeping very well even with two seats, but at least we have plenty of room this time. Breakfast not a moment too early, but again Kate's lactose free meal is better... I think I've got to come up with a better dietary requirement. Low carb just isn't getting me anywhere. ~ an hour to land there is no avoiding it, I'm going to have to do battle with my mortal enemy - the aircraft toilet. Yet again the toilet wins 8-( Arr. Frankfurt Main. Landed in short order, through customs in minutes and then to collect our bags. A short wait (OK a long one) then into the main terminal. Now what? Umm straight to Munich or stay in Frankfurt tonight? We take a vote on it and both decide that exhaustion is ... read more

how do i find myself in all sorts of situations....well you´ve experienced part of the way our lives (me & dave) take shape... the frisbees, well some of you know ´day bats´ and ´night bats´.....those (hopefully imaginary) dark shapes you see in the corner of your eye when exhausted or make you jump out of a doze like an idiot, arm or leg shooting up...well because my flight went santiago to frankfurt...outside it went quickly from night, to morning, to night, to morning, so i discovered frisbees! I was jumping outa my seat scaring the shite out of the dour german beside me thew whole way! been travelling nearly 3 days....zzzzzzzzz! needless to say, i´m a stinkin, tired lad on full reserve energy auto pilot! so was in the waiting lounge of frankfurt airport, hours to ... read more

All day speed reading And a wander about town Did some laundry too. It was another work day for Reimar and Conny. I had my work cut out for me too. On my to-do list…laundry and reading! Bit of a kink in the plan since the laundry room was being used by the staff and wouldn’t be free until about 5PM. No worries. That’ll be enough time for me to wash and dry my clothes before Reimar and Conny get home from work around 7PM. Geesh, these guys work late! Conny tells me that Reimar sometimes works ‘til 9 or 10…but since I’m in town he’s been leaving earlier than normal…still longer than your average 8 hour work day. I went out in the afternoon to take advantage of the sun shining. I didn’t walk anywhere ... read more

German limited Thank gawd charades not needed Sprechen sie Englisch? Another uneventful train ride. There’s only about an hour before getting to Frankfurt. Apparently an announcement just came on telling us the train is 15 minutes late…didn’t notice. No I didn’t translate that from German. They actually made an announcement in English as well. Lol I’ll lock my stuff up for a few hours at the train station since Reimar is working ‘til 6:30 so I’ll explore for a bit. I just realized it has been about 5 years since we saw each other back in New York City. Time sure does fly! I can’t remember the exact year but I think it was 1988 that we’ve known one another…wow..17 years! It’ll be a nice reunion and it will definitely be nice to finally meet his ... read more

Today the "wanderlust" hit me with its full intensity... It started when i got ready this morning and so I've been enthusiastically preparing a few more things today I had to do before my departure. I just returned from having lunch in town and on my way all the excitement changed into a mixed feeling. I have to admit I'm feeling quite anxious at the time, but the more i analyze this feeling the more I see that there aren't founded reasons to feel like that. It's kind of the feeling when your in a rollercoaster and its going slowly to the peak before it speeds down. So I hope time will pass quickly "till my rollercoaster speeds down", i.e. when I'm finally on the airplane or even better when I'm finally there. Another thing that ... read more