June 7, 2018 – Day Twenty-Three – Kreuztal to Frankfurt
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| Yesterday's group of miscreants! |
"All good things must come……."
our last breakfast, washing the linens and making the beds, cleaning out the fridge and taking out the trash…it’s time to pack and head to Frankfurt. We’ll be making a dry run to the airport to figure out where in the world we are supposed to leave the car. Searching on line gives lots of information; but it doesn’t make much sense, or answer our questions. Even the Garmin is less than useful. Sure glad we won’t be fighting this fight for the first time in the morning!!
our last breakfast, washing the linens and making the beds, cleaning out the fridge and taking out the trash…it’s time to pack and head to Frankfurt. We’ll be making a dry run to the airport to figure out where in the world we are supposed to leave the car. Searching on line gives lots of information; but it doesn’t make much sense, or answer our questions. Even the Garmin is less than useful. Sure glad we won’t be fighting this fight for the first time in the morning!!
The house is filled with the scent of roses! With it closed up for a couple of days, that
aroma should intensify and we a lovely welcome-home for Henning and Kerstin! Ahhh, the churchbells are ringing again. Sometimes it’s logical, like at seven a.m.
and noon; but now it’s 1:25 in the
afternoon! What’s that about? Evelin said last night that she doesn’t even
hear them! I guess it’s all in what you
become used to!
I’m anxiously awaiting the time that we can check in and
print our boarding passess. Yesterday,
Henning’s computer insisted that our tickets had expired! The theory is that it means our tickets to
come here, because all our flight information comes up when you just access the
Lufthansa portal, instead of trying to check in. We’ll see in about an hour! Another interesting thing – when Marilyn
tried it on her laptop (p.o.s. though it may be) the site was in English. Mine was auf Deutsch! Hmmmm.
OH!! The doorbell
rings and we figure it must be Eveline come to say good-bye. NO!
Two very good looking young men are coming up the stairs, all dressed in
black and carrying brushes! They’re
chimney sweeps, some to clean out Henning’s chimney for the summer! We don’t actually know where there is a
chimney; but that doesn’t matter since
we can’t really let them do anything anyway.
But we sure can ask them for photos!!
They think that’s just grand and THEY suggest that we also each need a
photo taken with them. You bet we
do!! Life is full of surprises!!
And the joy goes on! Evelin comes over to say good-bye and wish us a safe flight home. She has brought each of us a tiny Krombacher stein! Marilyn's is because she is just learning to drink and mine is to help me keep from drinking!! She says that back when there were free tours and you got free beer at the end, the tiny replicas were used to signal to the wait staff whether you wanted another beer, or if you were finished. For one you put it upright in front of you, for the other, you laid it on its side!
Hugs and kisses and she's off to an appointment. We have to be off, as well. We close and lock all the windows/doors, unplug the TV and computer/router, take out the last of the garbage and recyclables, and cart all our luggage downstairs. We load up the Golf, crank up Evelin's Garmin and we're off to Frankfurt.
It certainly is less stressful to navigate with an assistant. Maps have been my friend;
but this is a wonderful way to get where you’re going. I’ve enjoyed using Waze, but this gal is easier to understand and the screen is much bigger! She takes us right to our hotel, the Premier Classe Airport Hotel Frankfurt.
There’s some discussion during check in about what has been charged by Booking.com and what is still owed; but it all gets straighted out and we go up to our little room. It has an ensuite and the beds aren’t touching, so it will be fine.
After settling in and waiting for the traffic to clear a bit, we take our “test drive” to the airport. It’s pretty difficult to figure out which of all the parking options will be best for Henning and not make us lug our luggage (giggle) all over hell’s half acre! Maybe Henning will be able to give us some guidance and leadership!
And the joy goes on! Evelin comes over to say good-bye and wish us a safe flight home. She has brought each of us a tiny Krombacher stein! Marilyn's is because she is just learning to drink and mine is to help me keep from drinking!! She says that back when there were free tours and you got free beer at the end, the tiny replicas were used to signal to the wait staff whether you wanted another beer, or if you were finished. For one you put it upright in front of you, for the other, you laid it on its side!
Hugs and kisses and she's off to an appointment. We have to be off, as well. We close and lock all the windows/doors, unplug the TV and computer/router, take out the last of the garbage and recyclables, and cart all our luggage downstairs. We load up the Golf, crank up Evelin's Garmin and we're off to Frankfurt.
It certainly is less stressful to navigate with an assistant. Maps have been my friend;
but this is a wonderful way to get where you’re going. I’ve enjoyed using Waze, but this gal is easier to understand and the screen is much bigger! She takes us right to our hotel, the Premier Classe Airport Hotel Frankfurt.
There’s some discussion during check in about what has been charged by Booking.com and what is still owed; but it all gets straighted out and we go up to our little room. It has an ensuite and the beds aren’t touching, so it will be fine.
After settling in and waiting for the traffic to clear a bit, we take our “test drive” to the airport. It’s pretty difficult to figure out which of all the parking options will be best for Henning and not make us lug our luggage (giggle) all over hell’s half acre! Maybe Henning will be able to give us some guidance and leadership!
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