More on Germany

So I landed in Frankfurt and walked up and down the same terminal four times trying to make up my mind as to whether I should just leave the airport or go check in first. Well I found out that I couldn’t check in until 4:30 pm anyway so I got some advice from the lady behind the South African Airways ticket counter as to how to get downtown. I proceeded to the train station and somehow caught the right train and took it to the Hauptsachen stop which took me to the center of downtown. During all of this about four people asked me for directions in German. Apparently I look like I know German..ha. Anywho found a tourist desk in the heart of downtown and took a one hour bus tour. I got off the bus after that hour and basically walked the entire route the bus took us..cause I got lost. Roamed around for a while and then found not the train station I was supposed to be at but somehow took that train to the train station I was supposed to be at and then took the Wiesenbaden back to the airport.

So sidenote – I never paid for the train, was I suppose to? Whoops.

So Frankfurt is pretty legit. There is still a lot of Jews and only a few real historic roads and sites due to the destruction from World War II. As you can imagine its like NYC but with much cooler architecture and people. Thus, I like it better. I never got to eat there because I didn’t get that many Euros and I thought I had to pay for the train, they told me it was 4 Euros…but again I never paid.

However, I did have some German crackers when I got back to the airport. Not the same I know but I wasn’t trying to get stranded in Frankfurt.

Also, I forgot to pack deodorant in my backpack and I’m traveling for three days so I think I bought some in the airport. It’s kind of a weird oblong shape…not quite sure it is actually deodorant because it’s all in German, nevertheless it smells good so whatever.

So currently, I am writing this awaiting to board my flight to Johannesburg. When I was in line to get my ticket I was behind about 25 white people, no blacks. I was discouraged. Low and behold though there are a handful sitting around me…I will get the real experience after all!