Atrium Hotel Mainz

Again it seems to be an escape from the inevitable. But somehow I actually think it's way more than that.<br><br>Why do I think that? I'm sure you are wondering what special thing happened at the end of my last entry in the first world trip ...

It was sooooo cold in Frankfurt, we didn't want to spend much time here since we had no winter clothing. WE got in late, went to our hotel, then back to the airport to get our flight to Bangkok moved up. We though it would be at 8 that night, but they managed to get us on the next flight out, which was pretty much within the hour. Woohooo! I also kept speaking Italian in Germany... so confused with all the languages.

... it. You must pass through another security checkpoint to enter the Lufthansa gates. Then you wait in long lines which are not really lines all all because everyone politely presses forward until it is one giant herd of bodies. Only the determined persevere and move forward. The rest of us schmucks stay put in line as people move ahead until we get the hang of it and we learn to politely push forward. My passport was taken, entered into a ...

... the hookers seemed to still be waiting for the American GI&#8217;s. It was raining and dreary, but soon to change when Erik&#8217;s cousin, Nadine, and boyfriend, Flo, picked us up to take us to their home town outside the big city near the Tanus Mountains. We had a wonderful visit, them taking us to a traditional German restaurant where we tasted fresh apple wine. We topped it off with a visit to their apartment. What a great way to end the trip!

... pick up with information about the various buildings and what there is to see and do. <br>We are really impressed with Germany, its so neat and clean. So we were supprised that in a cake shop there were about a dozen bees crawling over some cakes in the window. <br>We pointed this out to the woman serving. Her response was that they were honey cakes and bees liked honey. We didn't buy any. But since ...

... the doors were so massive, with the little door in the middle, just like you alwazs imagined. There is of course so much more, but we want to head home to eat dinner (itäs alreadz 8pm here) so i need to finish up. Funnz, we are rookies and once we almost missed our train, and once we actuallz missed our stop. Yes... we were sitting at the train station for a half an hour waiting for a train. This entire time there had been a ...

... ups of press rooms displaying how papers and books were printed on these massive machines. The most well-known items of the museum are the closely guarded Gutenberg Bibles, created with the movable type. We later meandered through the pedestrian streets watching the people and window shopping all along the St. Gluck - Passage and Stadthaus-Strasse. There were other side streets that we walked down, but trying to remember all the names is ...

... the city more that that. We ate some delicious German food at a restaurant close to the cathedral. I managed to eat two steaks! Probably the first time in my life for that as well. We went home using a "Mitfahrgelegenheit", shared lift which you can book online under www.mitfahrgelegenheit.de or www.mitfahrzentrale.de. A great idea to share the costs and preserve nature. Our journey didn't start that well, though. The young girl driving the car ...

... We had a 'currywurst' along the river at this kebab shop owned by a crazy Turk. A currywurst, which the Germans are mad about is a sausage fried up with BBQ sauce and curry powder - it really was quite ****. The expectations were let down in the most appauling manner. ----- The best thing about Germany so far has been the absolute cheapness of EVERYTHING. Beer costs like &euro;7.49 for 20x500mL bottles; and these are good beers too. The ...