FINALLY.....we made it after three flights from Sydney, it was a huge relief. It was 1:00 in the afternoon when we arrived and were greeted my old mate Phong, who has been living in Frankfurt for 18 months. Phong works at Franfurt Airport, so he helped us to get on our way to meet with another old mate of mine, Matt. Phong got us board a train f...

I arrived in the Frankfurt airport and was immediately hit with the smell of cigarettes. Kind of disgusting, but hey - the first sign of culture shock... I was unable to sleep at all on the flight - a mixture of uncomfortable seats and having the pleasure of sitting next to a woman with three small children. I met a girl, Kara, at the baggage cl...

Yesterday morning, Jenn and I went shopping on Gran Via, and then I headed to the airport to go back to Germany. I met up with Verena and her friend, Sebastian, last night and we went to the banks of the Main river in Frankfurt to watch the World Cup game between Argentina and Ivory Coast. They had a huge TV screen in the middle of the river and...

An eight hour flight goes by pretty fast when you're drunko-mc-drunko. After landing, I continued playing around in the Lufthansa Senator's Lounge... no, not the Business Class Lounge - according to FlyerTalk, that's the inferior club where "anyone with a business class ticket can get in." I had to flash my United 1K card to get in... and of cou...