Guten Tag!   Our trip to Frankfort was uneventful.   We had a couple of nice days in the Detroit area with MJ and John, then left Detroit 6 pm Monday,   And landed 8:30 am in Frankfort.  So we saw the sun set and rise.   We tried to catch some sleep on the plane but even during 8 1/2 hours we did not get much.   We caught up on some movies and music.  The personal tv in the seat in front of you is pretty cool.  We were fed twice which was OK.   Landing in Frankfort was a fairly short wait to get our passports checked, then found our luggage which all came through OK.  Then we had plenty of time to find the train station in the airport.   We had tickets for a 12:30 train.  So we had some coffee and relaxed, and found our way to the right train platform.   We were a little nervous but German trains are on time as advertised and very comfortable.   We had a couple of transfers to make to get to Rothenburg we hustled from platform to platform and made it in plenty of time.   And I made the girls walk into Rothenburg to find the hotel, they did wonderful all day.

Hotel Eisenhut is very nice and in the middle of the walled city.    The first night was early to bed after a couple of beers and a light supper.  We all had some trouble sleeping after the first 4 hours, but made it through the night!  And today an enjoyable day, even though Germany greeted us with a rainy day.  But not rainy enough to stop us from wandering.   Some shopping, some Kaffee, even found some German micro beers.  We tasted those on rest stops in the room.   And had a nice evening meal in an Italian restaurant with Mary Jane’s cousin!  Figure that out.

The Germans are treating us well, English speaking almost everywhere.   This town started in the 1200’s so pretty neat.   So having fun!

streetwalkers

German meat market!

gut bier

St Jakobs Jesus in the garden