Friendly Frankfurters
Trip Start
Mar 04, 2007
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Trip End
Mar 19, 2007
Frankfurt, Germany
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Frankfurt is a pretty big city. Most people in cities are pretty busy. They aren't necessarily the warm and fuzzy type. We found that Frankfurt is full of wonderful helpful people. We had bought the ticket that would take us to the rail station but as we stood and tried to figure out where to go a gentleman came up and showed us where to go. Not only did he show us where to go he pulled my luggage. At first I thought he was working for a tip. So many countries that I have been in there has been that "I helped you now give me a tip" mentality but he just wanted to help.
The kindness didn't stop there. I was trying to find the rail station from the airport terminal. While standing with our luggage, map in hand, a sweet woman came up and asked in German if she could help us. I responded in German "sprichst du Englisch?" She not only helped us but instead of just giving us directions she had us follow her and showed us where we should go. I really don't think that would happen in New York.
I had bought a rail pass that had to be validated before the first use. I was so jet lagged and had forgotten so much about transport in Germany. We followed the signs but I was having trouble reading the schedules. There were two different areas that the trains left from we must have spent a couple of hours just trying to figure out the rail schedule. Pretty embarrassing for someone that takes pride in her traveling abilities.
