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Europe » Germany » Brandenburg » Frankfurt June 27th 2010

Our last full day: woke up in Dinkelsbuhl and came to find that it wasn’t 38e/night - it was 38/e/person/night. Jeremy then broke it down by how much we paid per limb and per digit. We walked around a bit and somehow found our way back to the “big cheese” plate for another dose of happiness before leaving on the 12:40 minibus which ended up costing us nothing for an hour’s ride - nice. My calculations were right on the nose for all the connections, danke. After 1.5 travel hours and a quick snooze we landed in Schwabisch Hall which is a town that dates back to a time when Celtics produced salt there, something like 500bc. This too was a cute-beyond-belief town on a very steep slope with hundreds of steps everywhere. St. Michael’s church ... read more

Heading back home...barely...

Europe » Germany » Brandenburg » Frankfurt June 11th 2010

Travelinggirl

Friday, June 11th: All packed and ready to go to the airport!!! Had to leave a few non-essential items behind, but no big deal!  My mom and dad were scheduled to leave the same day because the trip to the airport, in Frankfurt, is a three hour drive (both my aunt and my uncle took us there…they probably wanted to make sure we really were leaving…LOL…kidding!)! Kenya’s and my flight was scheduled to leave at 10:00 a.m., and my mom and dad’s flight at 2:00. We got to the airport around 8:30, and saw that the security lines were really short, so we all decided to go eat our last breakfast together. We all got the exact same thing to eat: a platter that had a roll (with butter, orange marmalade and Nutella), a croissant, ... read more

Around the World Again

Europe » Germany » Brandenburg » Frankfurt May 7th 2010

Rwanda2008

So it's travel time again. This time I'm not alone. I am making this journey around the world with a french translator in tow. For those of you who don't know, the translator is Audree, my girlfriend from Montreal. She's good at french, and is small, so she fits well in my backpack. Since my trip to Japan and New Zealand last year, I have been to Belize and Guatemala, also with Audree. It was on that trip that she passed the test, and I figured it would be safe to take her with me around the world. We arrived in Frankfurt, Germany on Wednesday morning and leave tomorrow morning (Saturday) for southern India. We will be in India for a month, then to China, Mongolia and finally South Korea. We're due to return to Canada ... read more

Worst. Flight. Ever. But happy to be heading to Germany and back in Europe!

Europe » Germany » Brandenburg » Frankfurt January 13th 2010

The view from my hotel room in Bad Homburg

LexTraveler

It’s funny, but after five years of traveling, I’ve gone from loving airplane journeys to despising them. It occurred to me the other day that perhaps I’ve never loved flying per se, but have instead been enamored with airports. Particularly when I’m flying to Europe and can sit in a terminal, listening to the cacophony of languages being spoken. It’s like background music that suddenly relaxes me and reminds me of being in Europe itself. That being said, I have decided that I hate the process of flying, and so I was dreading putting myself on a plane for seven hours to Frankfurt, the first leg of my trip to San Vigilio in northern Italy. I just had a bad feeling. Maybe my negative thoughts attracted a bad flight to me or maybe it just happened, ... read more

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Europe » Germany » Brandenburg » Frankfurt October 2nd 2009

Near Frankfurt

raincityken

October 2 and 3 After such a great time in eastern Europe in 2008, I am back for another trip, this time to countries a little further south than the Baltic countries I visited before. After changing planes in Iceland I landed in Frankfurt. To save about $150 in airport taxes I had agreed to pick up my rental car in downtown Frankfurt instead of the airport. It seemed easy enough while checking it out from the comfort of my living room. But it proved to be a bit of a challenge. I got there at 1:00pm which is 3:00am at home so I was tired. I couldn't figure out which buttons to push at the ticket machine to get a train ticket downtown so I stood back and watched a few others and eventually figured ... read more

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