Blogs from Frankfurt, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe - page 2

Today we leave for Roma but not until later in the afternoon so we have time for some visiting and touring Norway. After breakfast, Gry and I packed we moved slowly then got ready to go into Honefoss. Andy drove me around showing me his school, and several of the homes he lived in. We stopped by one of his neighboros on what He tells me is called "Andy Hill" after he introduced us, she took one look at us and said, "I see the resemblance, you look the same" of course in Norweigan. After that, we went to Oslo where Andy dropped Gry and I off so we could get on our way.... read more

We have had a good day in Frankfurt today. Wondered around for about 7hours. It was quite cool maybe around 13most of the day. Quite nice to wear a jacket and Graeme got to wear his man scarf! Off to Prague tomorrow. It is about 6hrs, train to Nurnberg and then bus to Prague.... read more

I had gotten the worst sleep ever! People were coming in and out all night, there was road work outside, and it was so hot the windows are open, and it was just overall so noisy. I finally did get a bit of sleep and I was so tired in the morning that I didn’t hear my alarm go off. I woke up to some girl poking me holding my iPod as the alarm is going off, oops! Sorry! (I was totally “that person” this morning.) Luckily, had gotten all my stuff together the night before so all I had to do was wash my face and brush my teeth then pack my toiletries bag and I was done (because I didn’t want to be “that person” . . . oh well, the best laid plans ... read more

Hello from Germany again. We continue to have a couple of days to visit the Mike & Sue Dolan. We are still doing tourist items, but also have some family time too. We slept in today and then had another good breakfast. Mike took David to run some errands, with the first one being a trip to the bank to get a fist full of Euros from the ATM. Then we went to the train station to buy a couple of tickets for our trip to Paris on Wednesday. Fortunately there was a very helpful person who helped us operate the machine and issue the ticket (could have been pretty difficult otherwise since everything was in German). We have been able to call the tour agency and have reconfirmed our Paris tours for Thursday and Friday. ... read more

So lucky we were. After making rafts and biking in the Swiss countryside, we were then sent to Frankfurt to attend ASG's (Austria-Switzerland-Germany) Financial Summit 2011. This is a bigger event as this pools the resources from the 3 European countries. Promotions for this even have been consistently creative. We were addressed as "Secret Agents" , who receives mails and updates from Ms. Moneypenny, telling us that we have a secret mission and that we must go to a secret location (only the coordinates were given). We met a few minutes before 10AM at the Zürich Hauptbanhof (Main Station) and then boarded the train to Frankfurt, Germany with one station change in Basel, Switzerland. The train ride was smooth, the train itself was modern (ICE train) and the scenery was postcardy. Very neat, green and very ... read more