May 29 - Frankfurt
Well, here we are, in Frankfurt. The Regina group left at about 3 pm. Our flight out of Calgary was delayed until 6:30. We arrived in Frankfurt 8.5 hours later at 3 am our time or 11 am Frankfurt time. We had to wait about half an hour on the tarmac for our gate, and then proceeded through a labyrinth of corridors and passageways through immigration to claim our bags. That is, all our bags except one. Mine didn’t make it.
The luggage delay enabled Jim Griffin to catch up with us. He departed Ottawa via Toronto. We all caught the hotel shuttle where we met three more of our group – Carol Cincotta, Sue Kujala, and Marge Louis, all from Minneapolis – St. Paul. They had arrived a day ahead of us.
After a short break to get ourselves cleaned up, we all jumped into two taxis to downtown Frankfurt where we toured the Romerberg district. We passed up the Texas Spare Ribs for a good German meal at the place with the yellow umbrellas. Except me. Wanting something light, I ordered the Frankfurter salat mit Kartofflen. I envisioned a lettuce salad with some fried sausage thrown on top and some potato salad. Instead I got yummy fried potatoes and cut up, cold wieners with a few sliced cucumber pickles mixed in.
We returned to the hotel about 8 pm and settled down for a well deserved rest. We are concerned that Baz and Bev Fritz have not arrived. I hope that they are here when the bus is ready to leave in the morning, or we will have some complicated logistics to get hooked up again.
Weather was cool, cloudy, and windy all day with occasional showers and occasional sunny breaks.
The luggage delay enabled Jim Griffin to catch up with us. He departed Ottawa via Toronto. We all caught the hotel shuttle where we met three more of our group – Carol Cincotta, Sue Kujala, and Marge Louis, all from Minneapolis – St. Paul. They had arrived a day ahead of us.
After a short break to get ourselves cleaned up, we all jumped into two taxis to downtown Frankfurt where we toured the Romerberg district. We passed up the Texas Spare Ribs for a good German meal at the place with the yellow umbrellas. Except me. Wanting something light, I ordered the Frankfurter salat mit Kartofflen. I envisioned a lettuce salad with some fried sausage thrown on top and some potato salad. Instead I got yummy fried potatoes and cut up, cold wieners with a few sliced cucumber pickles mixed in.
We returned to the hotel about 8 pm and settled down for a well deserved rest. We are concerned that Baz and Bev Fritz have not arrived. I hope that they are here when the bus is ready to leave in the morning, or we will have some complicated logistics to get hooked up again.
Weather was cool, cloudy, and windy all day with occasional showers and occasional sunny breaks.
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