Movenpick Hotel Frankfurt

... is closed until june 2010. grrrr. but we got our euros worth in the rest of the park-we discovered A ride called city jets, which is like the dumbo ride on steroids. the park was so empty that the operAtor didnt cAre if we loaded us both into 1 tiny jet, and used our combined body weight to bounce up and down so hard thAt we smashed into the ground A few times.awesome. we also went on europes highest sky merry-go-round, but at ...

... found a policeman. I explained to him my situation and he got the railway to call the rail folks in Offenberg to see if there was any chance the Southerner's supposition was correct. Low & behold it was. My bags had gotten off without me. Then came the next problem, how to rejoin me with my bags.

Now if I'd been in the good ol' U.S. of A. there would be no question as to how my bags were going to get to me, as I would have ...

... Christus Kirche, an old red sandstone church. Further on I reached Schlooss Johannisburg, a magnificent red sandstone castle we had seen from the river. I walked back to the ship through a nice city park along the river.
Had duck for dinner tonight. Makes you wonder about all the ducks you see swimming by the ship.

Just because a seat isn't marked reserved doesn't mean it's not reserved. We got on the train to Brussels from the international train station at Frankfurt airport. Super nice train. But stopping at Koln, a load of British pensioners got on the train. "Excuse us, we believe you are sitting in our seats." Oh. Now the train is full and we sit on the floor, near the door and the toilet. Even nice ...

... or Matterhorn... almost did the second one, but decided against it since it was a bit last minute (= expensive)).... prolly, I like mountains

London/Scotland/Dublin (big UK tour if I go to Cork, Ireland for some frisbee?)..... Guinness! William Wallace! Kilts! English Speakers!

Rome/Venice/Florence (cheap flight? maybe not all 3 cities...)..... hmm, I'm guessing €€€, so it'll be Italy v. UK

... cats, street hagglers and at this stage monsoon sized rain storms. We actually were on a mission trying to get everything done before our bus. We made it back to the bus with minutes to spare, soaking wet but ecstatic that we had wisely spent our last day and all our money, accomplishing everything we wanted to do. " So need a sprite" So we boarded the bus, pumped to leave Bangkok and join up with Elliot in Frankfurt. This got us thinking again. "Why was Elliot in Frankfurt, he was ...

We had to stop in Frankfurt for a day to connect to Egypt. It seemed funny to us that in order to get from southern Africa to northern Africa we had to fly to Europe, but we made the most of it!
It was strange to be back in the cold northern hemisphere, and even stranger to see them preparing for Christmas! We were in one of the cute squares as they delivered and put up a giant Christmas tree. We sat outside at a long ...

... Now, how does train schedules work for this place? I had also crossed off the other places because the trains getting me back to Frankfurt didn't do it as I had hoped. That is, in the middle of the night. Guess what? The train from Interlaken arrives in Frankfurt at 3 am, but at the downtown train station. Perfect! I still have two hours to get to the airport. Even if the train is delayed I have some leeway as my plane doesn't leave until 7h45. Also, for some reason ...