Good Uber trip from home cost just A$40. Left Brisbane at 1am this day and arrived in Frankfurt at 7:30 am on the same day after a 5 hour wait in Hong Kong!
Our Premium Economy Cathay Pacific flight to HK
was not great - seating more cramped than in Air NZ and I had great difficulty
climbing out of my window seat as the guy in front had his seat way back the
whole flight. Aircraft on to Frankfurt was more comfortable.
Interesting that Cathay had no issues with heavy SS cutlery - food was quite
good.
Quick, seamless walk out of Frankfurt airport,
compared to security nonsense at Hong Kong. No problem getting taxi €31
to Leonardo Royal hotel but busy desk there. Tiny elevators just catered
for us and 3 bags. Room was surprisingly spacious with separate desk
area, very clean and modern. Bathroom posed problems as pole holding
shower in bath was not secured and very high sides on bath. Asked for
room with shower but not possible.
David walked outside to scout for a breakfast
cafe and supermarket, finding them together just the other side of our hotel.
We both had a good night's sleep.
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| View from our hotel window |
Good cheap breakfast at Cafe Ernst, followed by shopping for essentials - wine, beer, cheese, crackers.
Walked 6000 steps north, crossing Main River to look for Romer (historical area) and Museum of Moderne Art. Latter is closed for some weeks and we only saw part of Romer. However, we enjoyed the river and street views and had a simple lunch - foamed white asparagus soup (me) and frankfurt with mustard and rye bread (D). Rather tired walking the 6000 steps back, a bit uphill.
Sunday 19 May Went to Ernst for breakfast. Sunday so supermarket closed.
Our computer is not working so blogging and photo downloads difficult.
We walked down to the old city centre, most of which was
reconstructed after the war. The weather
was great and the city seemed a very relaxing place for tourists and locals.
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| Lovely Sunday weather by the River Main |
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| Jan van Eyck, 1437, Lucca Madonna |
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| Titian, 1546-1548, Self-Portrait |
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| Lucas Cranach, 1559, Philipp Melanchthon |
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| Tischbein, 1787, Goethe |
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| Koch, 1803, Noah's Sacrifice |
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| Renoir, 1879, After Luncheon |
Monday 20 May
We boarded the wrong tour bus and did not notice until all
announcements continued in Spanish. We had seen Cosmos luggage near hotel door
and were trying to do the right thing by boarding early. Smiles and greetings from our breakfast
neighbours were reassuring.
It was not even a Cosmos tour! The tour guide phoned our Frankfurt hotel to
inform Simone. The bus continued on a
freeway for 30 minutes before stopping at Buttelburn Serway service station. We were
lucky that the staff phoned Simone and a taxi which took 30 minutes to
arrive. Meanwhile our bus left Frankfurt
40 minutes late because of our mistake.
What a shame! It cost us €100 for
the taxi and €264 for a train to Berlin.
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