Ethiopians!
So...sitting at the gate waiting to get on the Ethiopian Airlines aircraft. I think I will sleep well on this flight! Since we arrive in the morning now - we will probably shower and try to stay up for the day to get our sleep pattern in sync with +10 hours from Sacramento :).
Frankfurt is a beautiful city!....took a tour - came back on the train and had a few moments of panic in the train station but...all is well. Track 21 at 7:01 - easy enough...bought my ticket at the machine and the train came in, people got off and all the doors shut tight! Looked at the sign and it said 'Bitte nichte einstagen'. Now - I only took a semester of German but bitte = please and nichte = no so I knew something was up. I asked at a little snack place and this 'kid' told me to go downstairs. I knew it was train S8 or S9 so down I went and all the numbers were in the 100's! So...I finally found a sign - had to keep going down. Found train S8 departing in about 2 minutes...got on and looked at the train map. Thought I had about 5 stops before the airport....but at the 3rd stop a lot of people were getting off and I saw the sign that said 'Flugenhaven'....which some guy had told me was German for airport! So I dashed off the train and was very glad to see signs to Terminal 1, B gates! Frankfurt is in the center of Europe, center of Germany and they are quite proud of these two facts. They are basically a transient city because of it - you can get anywhere from here. They are also a huge financial center - for the Euro. So...interesting, beautiful sites to see and I enjoy my day in Frankfurt. As I sit at the gate with Ethiopians - they are quite friendly, and I must say that aside from the 'kid' that told me to go downstairs - I wouldn't say Germans are that friendly or helpful :). So it goes...since I have quite a bit of German in me....I better deal with it.
Frankfurt is a beautiful city!....took a tour - came back on the train and had a few moments of panic in the train station but...all is well. Track 21 at 7:01 - easy enough...bought my ticket at the machine and the train came in, people got off and all the doors shut tight! Looked at the sign and it said 'Bitte nichte einstagen'. Now - I only took a semester of German but bitte = please and nichte = no so I knew something was up. I asked at a little snack place and this 'kid' told me to go downstairs. I knew it was train S8 or S9 so down I went and all the numbers were in the 100's! So...I finally found a sign - had to keep going down. Found train S8 departing in about 2 minutes...got on and looked at the train map. Thought I had about 5 stops before the airport....but at the 3rd stop a lot of people were getting off and I saw the sign that said 'Flugenhaven'....which some guy had told me was German for airport! So I dashed off the train and was very glad to see signs to Terminal 1, B gates! Frankfurt is in the center of Europe, center of Germany and they are quite proud of these two facts. They are basically a transient city because of it - you can get anywhere from here. They are also a huge financial center - for the Euro. So...interesting, beautiful sites to see and I enjoy my day in Frankfurt. As I sit at the gate with Ethiopians - they are quite friendly, and I must say that aside from the 'kid' that told me to go downstairs - I wouldn't say Germans are that friendly or helpful :). So it goes...since I have quite a bit of German in me....I better deal with it.
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