Contel 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.

... agent and encountered my first, stern, mean German official's disgusted look and firm point up the stairs. There are signs in English and arabic numbers but they are not exactly numerous or clear, but I find my way to some signs indicating the way to Gate B 62. On my way, I locate a duty free shop that sells wine and after much effort at trying to find an Australian Syrah, I finally settled on something that might be a cab from Italy ...

... their walls, not to mention some German candies.<br><br>Unfortunately it was time to call it a trip, so we all piled in the car and Flo kindly drove us home on the ultra-efficient Autobahn where nobody drives slowly in the left lane.<br><br>Auf wiedersehen! It was a great trip!<br><br>Pam and Glenn said: <br><br>Pam&#8217;s first observation of her old high school alma mater town of Frankfurt was that it had not changed much. From the Bahnhoff down ...

... out of the theatre... Her choreography is so full of life and the dancers did not have one split moment of rest for the entire 40 minute piece. I have no idea how they did it... They had to have been running on sheer delerium at the end, because they couldn´t possibly had anything left! I was completely blown away!! Usually I feel like the unending applause at the end of most performances is a bit much, but they deserved it - and more! Simply amazing... I ...

... probablz be able to get on in a couple more dazs to continue with another entrz. This trip is amazing. Its such a good experience for both of us, traveling in a foreign country, learning to adapt to things and each other, and reallz enjoz whatever comes. So we miss home, and we love and miss everyone. Hope you enjoy the pictures!!!! Talk to you soon. Sheena and Jason P.S. The fries are are verz good. (The castle made me hungrz. :-))

Stuttgart is a rather modern city and has one of the highest standard of living in Germany. It is the home of Mercedez, Porche, Bosch, and Zeiss, some rather well-known names to us in the USA. One of the most visited places here is the radio tower that sits atop the green hills on the south side of the city. We didn't have time to go there since it took a little more than two hours by train to get there and we had a 4 pm train to catch on the way back. But while we ...

... group who are taking a similar program as us and studying in Koblenz - about 35 people and mostly American, so it was neat chatting with them. We had a whole day of presentations about their product line, global strategy and corporate finance initiatives which was really interesting, but I think it was more of a recruitment campaign. The number of heads bobbing in the crowd as people fell asleep made me realize the importance of interactive and stimulating presentations. This morning, a ...

After waking up very early to pick up mom and dad at the FRA airport we headed to Mainz to the Gutemberg museum. Since we were already halfway there. I was surprised by how dad did not liked the cold weather. The museum was great, and the market was ...