Day 20: Last minute details
Sunday, July 25, 2010 at 4:00AM We left Stuttgart and drove to Frankfurt. We had much less trouble getting out of the city than we had anticipated. We did, however, encounter quite a bit of road work on the autobahns. We arrived around noon and checked into our final hotel. Quite by happy coincidence, the hotel is located on a main street with a tram line directly to the main square at the city centre. We consulted the gentleman at the front desk of our hotel and he assured us it was far easier to take a tram to the city centre then to drive and park. Armed with his advice, we set off for the closest tram stop (which was right across the street). We had a bit of difficulty trying to figure out how the ticketing system worked at the ticket machine. Once we sorted that out, we purchased our tickets and hopped on the tram. Away we went!
We spent the rest of the afternoon wandering around the downtown and doing some last minute shopping. We eventually returned to the main square and met up with a fellow World of Warcraft player from our guild, Elysian Conclave. We had no pre-knowledge of why Jaime (a.k.a. Gaudi) would also be in Frankfurt while we were there. As it turns out, he had just relocated to Frankfurt a few weeks ago and had simply kept quiet about it. We went for drinks (beer!) and then dinner (beer and sausages!). Ok, I'm the only one who had beer and sausages. =) Jaime had schnitzel and Matt had pork knuckle. Great company, conversation, and food. Thanks, Jaime! We'll be sure to let you know when we will be in your neck of the woods again!
Europe 2010 in travels
Reader Comments (2)
Hey Matt/Cess
Hope you made it home ok, again it was a pleasure meeting both of you last Saturday, hopefully I'll have a chance to visit Toronto in the future and return the favor :)
Hi Jaime! Yes, we got home without any difficulties. That would be totally awesome if you could come visit us one day!