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Friday, September 13, 2013

Nice experiences in Frankfurt part two

Eating cabbage soup thanks to it being the most popular.We wander around town and go to places with the largest customer base,then we ask a few suits what they are eating,and order the same.This we find is the best way to save money and get the right things to eat.

We decide our breakfast options twenty days before we plan to have breakfast.Getting organized the German way.

No frisking at the airport,everything is just scanned.

Immigration officer who reminds me of nazi all Prussian blue eyes and blond hair,he sends a shiver down my spine but is not unfriendly.My imagination works over time when in Germany.

Browsing around duty free and we are offered premium cognac. What more can one ask for ?.The liquid gold warms our insides as it makes its smooth transition from mouth to stomach.

Meeting nick the friendly Australian who gave us tips on traveling in Frankfurt.He had been there a few days ahead and was glad to meet some one who spoke English so there we were exchanging notes


The local Germans who helped us with the stations and directions without being asked.

Meeting jayanth the nine year old passenger who was traveling alone to Canada.We exchange smiles but an hour into the end of our flight he discovers that the husband in Telugu and that they share a home town.Then he makes up for list time and talks non stop giving us his entire life ,all of nine years.His wish to have a sibling and how his parents think he is more than enough as far as they are concerned.He recognized all the cars in the auto magazine and tells us which ones are bis favorite.

Solar powers scooters,men and woman in suits riding bicycles to work,even woman in skirts and high heels.

People in wheel chairs not dependent on anyone thanks to fancy powered chairs that they can drive around the city with ease,get into the metro negotiate stairs and generally live and work like the rest of us

Paying three euros for water when beer is the same price,we quickly switch to beer.

Garden shops which store so much variety and all things one may need for a garden that they can get the most die hard non gardening person to garden.


Desperately seeking vegetables other than the potato in its many avatars.

Sausages and meats in such mind boggling variety that its an insult to call myself a non vegetarian.I obviously no nothing when it comes to meat.Plenty to learn

Frankfurt airport has a flight every one and a half minutes to every corner of the world and not once in even an hour did we hear of a flight being delayed due to a teaching al fault or because an incoming flight was delayed.....in Indian as we left we heard of at least three flights delayed for the above reasons.How do they do it?

Restrooms that are clean and fragrant despite begin dry.....in contrast I had to hold my breath while using the toilets

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