Rough Start, Beautiful Finish.

Sunday, August 7, 2011.  9:05 PM:




Having travelled out of the country multiple times, I am pretty confident with my ability to handle situations.  Ohhhh I was not at all ready for the surprises thrown at me once I landed in Europe.  To begin, once I got all of my luggage (my things for one year, over 100 lbs :) ) I had to go buy a train ticket, to get down to downtown Frankfurt.  After I went to three wrong places, I finally got my ticket!  However, the train was leaving in five minutes so I had to hurry.  Once I got to the entrance.. the escalators were of course, broken.  So I muscled those bags down two huge flights of cement stairs, looking fabulous i'm sure.  After 20 minutes I got off the train, one stop early.  This normally wouldn't be a big deal but an extra distance with these rolling bags of death, is torture.  After I muscled my bags up the cement stairs again (by the way, my arms were definitely feelin' it the next morning,)  I wiggled them out of the cobblestone they were caught on and parked myself in a park for a breather.  At this point, i was ready for a taxi-- finally, I rolled into my hotel (a sweaty mess) and passed out in my room in 2.5 seconds.
Anyways, after some much needed sleep from the 10 hour flight (which whomever is curious, we went north above to canada, across the bottom tip of Iceland, and then through Europe,) I began to explore this incredible city of Frankfurt.
Here are some pictures from my adventures:

This gorgeous church was around the corner of my hotel, which was on the walking 'ziel' where no cars are allowed.

Everything is incredibly well preserved.  Look at those buildings!

This is Alte Oper, Opernplatz.  (Old opera house.)

The Bank in Deutschland.

My breakfast one morning :)  The bread is out of this world!

A lot of the beer is mixed with fruit, it's quite delicious.  

This area is the beginning of Romerberg, the oldest part of the city.

Think these men are tired yet?  Haha.

Old town, continued.  


Anyways, today I found this Italian festival on the Ziel.  Had authentic Italian pizza and watched an older man sing.  It was wonderful :)
--Tomorrow I leave for Denmark.  I have a 8:20 flight to Berlin, then a 12:00 flight to Copenhagen, Denmark.  From the airport in Copenhagen I will take a three hour train ride to where I will be living, in Aarhus.  The school has appointed a Danish girl to pick me up from the train station.  I am so ready to get rid of these heavy bags and begin my adventure in Denmark!
Love you all :)