Written: 5/26/10-5/27/10 at 2am.
I fail at getting over jet-lag.
I couldn't get to sleep last night. I did get up for breakfast, however I went back to bed and slept for another six hours. By this time it was four in the afternoon local time.
So I got up, went to trusty old McDonalds, had Chicken McNuggets, fries and yet another Magnum Brownie McFlurry.
Decided to travel on the UBahns, and just see where the day would take me. When I got off at my first stop, I got my camera out, realized I did not have my memory card, so back to the hostel it was. I retreived it, then headed back across the street to the Hauptbahnhof. I waited in line to reserve my seat on tomorrow's trip from Frankfurt to Paris and spoke flawless German with the man at the counter (okay, maybe not flawless, but pretty darn good).
I continued on my UBahn journey, and learned that you have to read the train itself- not all go to the end of the line. I turned around, then finally decided where I wanted to go. Destination: Alte Oper. But it wasn't as simple as that, since I wasn't on the correct line to do as such. Instead I got off at the Zoo stop (which was a super cute UBahn stop- complete with murals and tile work of animals from the Zoo). I was tempted to head on the the zoo, however it has been raining off and on all day here. Instead I just walked around, snapping pictures, without a real direction in mind.
Low and behold, I ended up seeing most of the sights in Frankfurt that one might want to see. I passed by a couple of churches, notable in one way or another (as it seems all German churches are), seen the house in which Goethe was born, passed through the Fressgass (the local name for a street that has many restaurants, many of which had outdoor place settings and mini restaurants set up), and finally ended up at the Alte Oper. It was a gorgeous night.
For some reason I decided that I would like to go the the Sudbahnhof. So I can say I went there. Got out, it was getting dark out; it was starting to rain harder, then I got back on the UBahn and decided it was time to head back to the hostel. This was around 10ish or so.
Since then I figured out the internet at the hostel. Windows 7 just has more options, therefore I just had to change some settings. I got the wi-fi here to work on my laptop. I've loaded pictures on my computer, posted on my blog, and talked with my family via Skype.
Now it's time for bed. I'm serious. For real! It's past 2am here, and I have a few things planned for tomorrow. Like heading to Koeln, Bonn, and Paris. Looking forward to an eventful day- one that I don't sleep through!
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