Our bus was supposed to leave at 6:30am. We arrived at 6am and joined the crowd of people who were waiting. It wasn't really a line, more of a mob. As it got closer and closer to 6:30more and more people arrived. The bus shows up at 6:41am and people are antsy. Then the person loading the bus doesn't ask anyone to make line and just starts taking tickets for whoever puts them in her face. Now, luckily Super Nel noticed early on that everyone had this special yellow plastic boarding card that we did not have and he went to get one from the bus office. Some people who did NOT get the card were being asked to go get one before boarding. There were more people in line than there were seats on the bus and people were yelling and cussing in Italian and I felt bad for the lady taking tickets but I couldn't help thinking-the really need to make a better system for this. 1) they need a sign that says "The line starts here-make a single file line. No holding spots" 2) they shouldn't sell more tickets than they have spots on a bus. Or have multiple buses 3) Also include on the sign "Must have yellow boarding card in addition to a ticket in order to get on bus. These can be obtained from the bus office"
It was kind of stressful but we made it on the bus and we made our flight. When we arrived in Germany I noticed right away that you get a feeling that you're in another country. Sometimes when you travel to another country and you're in the airport you don't necessarily know you're anywhere different. That's not the case in Germany. There's all these trees right outside the airport and the buildings have this look about them that screams "German engineering" and everything about Germany is energy saving. For example, the escalators stand still until you get on them-then they start moving. They're motion activated.
Our hotel for the night was super nice and close to the Frankfurt airport. In the hotels in Europe we discovered some of their energy saving techniques (that the US needs to do). At most hotels you use your key card to turn on the lights and ac by sticking it in a hole in the wall by the door. When you leave your room you take your key and everything turns off. Also, if you open the widows it automatically shuts off the ac so you don't waste electricity. Brilliant right? We did some exploring in the town to get some last minute souvenir's and we stunned upon a festival in a town square. You know what that means....currywurst!!! And our last meal in Europe was at this super cool place called the Bull and Bear. They have delicious cocktails (think the Tractor Room) and we drank as much beer as we could. We spent the evening talking about the trip and how great it is and what it's going to be like to go home.
We already miss Europe and are discussing coming back in January to Spain and France.
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