Today was a long day. We weren’t sure how we were going to get to Frankfurt in the first place. We both were dreading the 6 hour train ride from Innsbruck as we didn't have seats reserved, which meant that we would be likely in separate train cars and possibly standing for a portion of the trip. Wilson is making light travel a little more difficult so train travel would also be a challenge to get Wilson through the train station and onto the train. Britt has a train pass so her costs are covered and my ticket would have been 248 Euros. It ended up that Hertz had a car, with German plates, (which seems to be an issue) that we could drive from Innsbruck to Frankfurt for $103 Euros and the cost of desiel fuel was 41E. So for less than the cost of a train ticket we drove a lovely Fiat 500L all day. We left Innsruck around 1:00 and arrived at 8:30.
We have no pictures from today as it rained the entire the way with the sun only peeking out for a bit. We hoped that when we crossed the border into Germany the sun would suddenly burst through the clouds for us. It did not. However, it did stop raining enough for us to enjoy driving on the Autobahn. No speed limit is fun!
We are now in downtown Frankfurt. Our hotel is across from the train station which is perfect for when Britt and her friend Christine, who arrives tomorrow morning, leave me to for Berlin, Prague, Amsterdam, Paris, London and Iceland (barring volcanoes)
I am drinking free german beer from the complimentary bar fridge and Britt is doing laundry. We are safely tucked in for the night.
NOTE: It is now Tuesday morning - the internet wouldn't connect last night - we are just on our way to the airport to pick up Christine.
We have no pictures from today as it rained the entire the way with the sun only peeking out for a bit. We hoped that when we crossed the border into Germany the sun would suddenly burst through the clouds for us. It did not. However, it did stop raining enough for us to enjoy driving on the Autobahn. No speed limit is fun!
We are now in downtown Frankfurt. Our hotel is across from the train station which is perfect for when Britt and her friend Christine, who arrives tomorrow morning, leave me to for Berlin, Prague, Amsterdam, Paris, London and Iceland (barring volcanoes)
I am drinking free german beer from the complimentary bar fridge and Britt is doing laundry. We are safely tucked in for the night.
NOTE: It is now Tuesday morning - the internet wouldn't connect last night - we are just on our way to the airport to pick up Christine.
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