We have not had good wifi connections lately, and we have been very busy. We went to Dresdan for 2 days, then to Berlin for 2 days, and the travel days in between are quite grueling (since we lost the EuRail Pass, so we have to travel the puddle-jumper Regio lines). We are now in Frankfurt. It took 4 trains and 6.5 hours for a trip that would have been 2.5 hours straight on the ICE. Also, we are traveling 2nd class, which is much more tiring than the 1st class of the Pass. I'll see if I can put posts on about Dresden & Berlin and past-date them.
Now we are in Frankfurt, our jumping off place for the long trip home. We wanted to rest up for it because in addition to the 12+ hours of flying, there is a 6-hour wait in the Dallas airport. So we planned 2 nights here, to avoid that "check-in at 7 pm, sleep, check-out at 6 am, head for endless flight" rush/hassel.
Right now, I am kinda stunned. We thought Murphy's Law had decided to leave us alone, but it has struck again. Our reservations here in Frankfurt were mistakenly made for May 19 instead of June 19. We didn't know it until we went to check in. And we hit town when "there is a fair on, all rooms are booked." I presume it's some sort of trade fair, since Frankfurt is the financial capital of Europe. We ended up getting rooms we don't like for horrendous prices ($250 more than our booking price).Note to self: always check reservations at the next stop before leaving any place. We could have stayed one more night in Berlin and saved one of these expensive nights.
We are just across the street from the Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof -- the central train station -- this photo is taken from our balcony. P.S. I love Photo Stream. We take photos on my iPod and Manfred's iPad, and they are here on the computer, ready to put into blogs and such.
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