So the food was pheNOMNOMNOMenal!!! We simply went back to the Flughafen to try to get Katie a SIM Card so that she could text and talk internationally and whatnot, when we noticed a fresh-market restaurant. It so enticing that we couldn't resist. We stood there admiring the entire layout with all of its fresh produce, meat (raw and cooked), and variety of German food. We also must have looked confused; so much so that the guy behind the counter said "English? I guess you're not accustomed to our ways?" I blame Katie for that.
After he explained their process of ordering, we paid for our Lebensmittel (a whopping €18!!!) and sat down. Even though it was expensive (I mean, we expected it to be considering it's Flughafen Lebensmittel), it was SOOOOooo good. As you can tell by the picture, I mostly had meat and potatoes--traditional German choices--with some sautéed mushrooms (which you can't really see), and a decent salad--not a fan of that dressing though. Whoops.After we ate, we came back to the hostel, wherein we tried to stay awake on Facebook and whatnot; instead, we kept dozing off and decided to call it a night...
hostels go. Moreover, it's nice than some motels our even hotels in the U.S.! We're staying at the Meininger Hotel (hostel), very close to the Frankfurt Airport, on Bessie-Coleman Straße. We were lucky enough to be able to book a 2-bed room, which is usually unavailable and even nonexistent in a lot of hostels! It's very compact, but pretty nice! We have a nice bathroom and T.V., a couch and all of the lights and even air-conditioning/heat are controlled by the room key! It works by putting your key card in a slot just inside the door, thus completing a circuit for everything else in the room. Once removed, everything shuts off; incidentally the rooms get very hot, very quickly in der Sommer, however once the keycard is in the slot, the A/C powers up very quickly. The staff here are incredibly friendly und sehr hilfsberiet--which is good for two Americans that barely speak any Deutsch. So all-in-all, a very good find!So that was the end of yesterday--sorry but I just couldn't finish it when we got back...we were wayyyy to tired. So here's Tag Zwei:
So earlier this morning I was suddenly awakened by a banging on our door. I looked around, but didn't move. We had pulled the curtains shut, so it was still very dark. Suddenly, the door swung open and light burst forth into our room, followed by the sound of footsteps. Katie was still asleep and I was laying still--i was too tired to move. Then I heard a girl let out a very German "whoops!" and then leave the room in hurry. It came very quickly to me that we had just experienced Frankfurt room service. I went back to sleep.
At 10:00am local time, we decided that enough was enough and we needed to go do something. We quickly found a delightful website for tours around Frankfurt. It consisted of three options or combining all them for one grand tour of Frankfurt, which was actually cheaper! So, yeah...we did that. It was only €19 to combine all three tours, which consisted of two double-decker bus tours (one focusing on die Geschichte of Frankfurt and the other focusing on die Architektur), and one walking tour through Römerberg (Old Town), which incidentally was the best. It was incredible finally getting out to experience the daily life in Germany. The tours were a hop-on/hop-off style, so you could simply get off if you wanted to stay somewhere a little longer and then get right back on another tour bus. While the history and Skyline bus tours were great, the Römerberg walking tour took our breath away--and NOT because it invloved walking...just thought I'd take out all of you who thinking of fat jokes........jerks. ;)Here are some of the pictures from our tour:
As you can clearly see, this trip has, thus far, provided an exorbitant amount of information, as well as a high level of fun and enticement towards WANTING TO LIVE HERE! In fact, I MAY be canceling my ticket home ;)
The mood in this city is not like any city in America. Even though there's productivity to be had and business to be done, the consciousness of this city is smooth, flowing, relaxed--an expectation of not simply living life and maintaining happiness vicariously through your professional success. Instead, life is lived according to the relationships that you have built, and happiness (from what I've encountered) is derived from the success of those relationships. Even though I feel awkward when speaking in German or embarrassed when I have to ask "Sprechen Sie Englisch?", the people here are very understanding of language barriers and are eager to help--especially because they love to practice their English! It's a fascinating feeling unlike anything I've ever experienced. I'm looking forward to the experiences of the next three weeks. It starts tomorrow.....in Trier, DE.
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