ECA
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So here goes: I was in frankfurt on business on thursday+friday so heres how it went.
Thursday
4am: Fuck. The flights at 6:45, I have to get up now :-[
4:15am : Fuck..I really have to get up now.
4:30am Fuck its 4:30am... and I just got up
4:30->5 jump in the shower, make some toast, flee to the car with only one chocolate chip cookie to eat ( I used the rest in a somewhat nice sarnie ).
5->6 driving to airport, uneventful
6->6:45 stuff in airport, boring, bought a book ( The book of loss ) and a pack of cards to practice cardcounting ( a little out of practice ).
6:45->8:45am Flying to frankfurt, cant be arsed reading - went to sleep.
7:45am Arrive in frankfurt
7:45->8:15am Go through airport blah blah blah
8:15am In train station under ze airport ja, trying to figure out how to work the ticket machine, give up - go and look for a toilet - walk past a nice looking sushi restaurant but its closed - find toilet - dump core to prevent overheating.
Resume figuring out the ticket machine - eventually cheat and watch someone else using one.
Get Ticket, realise I got a concessionary ticket, use it anyway.
8:45am Arrive at the HPF ( hauptbahnhoff - main train station ).
Decided to walk around the block in case I get lost during the day, 30 mins ish.
5 mins into walk around realise I am now smack bang in the middle of the red light district and old german dude outside german brothel is trying to con me into going inside for a 15 euro drink and a 5 minute chat with some russian and a trip to the cash machine with the bouncer ( ok, he just tried to get me to go for a drink inside but either he was gay and hot for me or trying to scam me - either way I declined ).
9:15 - hungry and thirsty its already like 25 degrees - find nearby cafe, wonder why all the shops are shut. Order a coffee and some pastry concoction - ask the shop serving pleb why the shops are shut in broken german - its a national holiday - fuck, there goes my plans to have a wander round the shops for a few hours.
9:20 Eating my random pastry thing and drinking my coffee outside - here's my view
Get out ye olde mobile phone and ring the office - they tell me its a bank holiday so I can't go shopping ( gee thanks ). They talked to the people I'm meeting on friday and apparently if I want to watch the football game there are some big TV screens near the river - well it beats the O'Reillys bar I just walked past full of fat sweaty english people.
Some random asian dude sits down next to me, I notice he's reading Asahi Daily News so figure he's a local - rah - I harass him in japanese and ask him which way to the river and tv screens and practice my japanese on his unsuspecting personage.
Japanese man molested, I start walking towards the river but my lack of breakfast kicks in and I get hungry so I pop into a just opened chinese restaurant ( the New World just opposite the HPF - it was pretty rubbish don't go there ).
Food eating its about 11 ish or so? I didn't really look but I was chatting to the japanese guy for 30 mins or so +walking and eating time.
Continue en route to the river and see a sign....
I can't help but smirk and wonder if I'll see it on the way to the river.
I do..
A few minutes later I see the river: Victory!
Heres my view from the bridge.
Thursday
4am: Fuck. The flights at 6:45, I have to get up now :-[
4:15am : Fuck..I really have to get up now.
4:30am Fuck its 4:30am... and I just got up
4:30->5 jump in the shower, make some toast, flee to the car with only one chocolate chip cookie to eat ( I used the rest in a somewhat nice sarnie ).
5->6 driving to airport, uneventful
6->6:45 stuff in airport, boring, bought a book ( The book of loss ) and a pack of cards to practice cardcounting ( a little out of practice ).
6:45->8:45am Flying to frankfurt, cant be arsed reading - went to sleep.
7:45am Arrive in frankfurt
7:45->8:15am Go through airport blah blah blah
8:15am In train station under ze airport ja, trying to figure out how to work the ticket machine, give up - go and look for a toilet - walk past a nice looking sushi restaurant but its closed - find toilet - dump core to prevent overheating.
Resume figuring out the ticket machine - eventually cheat and watch someone else using one.
Get Ticket, realise I got a concessionary ticket, use it anyway.
8:45am Arrive at the HPF ( hauptbahnhoff - main train station ).
Decided to walk around the block in case I get lost during the day, 30 mins ish.
5 mins into walk around realise I am now smack bang in the middle of the red light district and old german dude outside german brothel is trying to con me into going inside for a 15 euro drink and a 5 minute chat with some russian and a trip to the cash machine with the bouncer ( ok, he just tried to get me to go for a drink inside but either he was gay and hot for me or trying to scam me - either way I declined ).
9:15 - hungry and thirsty its already like 25 degrees - find nearby cafe, wonder why all the shops are shut. Order a coffee and some pastry concoction - ask the shop serving pleb why the shops are shut in broken german - its a national holiday - fuck, there goes my plans to have a wander round the shops for a few hours.
9:20 Eating my random pastry thing and drinking my coffee outside - here's my view
Get out ye olde mobile phone and ring the office - they tell me its a bank holiday so I can't go shopping ( gee thanks ). They talked to the people I'm meeting on friday and apparently if I want to watch the football game there are some big TV screens near the river - well it beats the O'Reillys bar I just walked past full of fat sweaty english people.
Some random asian dude sits down next to me, I notice he's reading Asahi Daily News so figure he's a local - rah - I harass him in japanese and ask him which way to the river and tv screens and practice my japanese on his unsuspecting personage.
Japanese man molested, I start walking towards the river but my lack of breakfast kicks in and I get hungry so I pop into a just opened chinese restaurant ( the New World just opposite the HPF - it was pretty rubbish don't go there ).
Food eating its about 11 ish or so? I didn't really look but I was chatting to the japanese guy for 30 mins or so +walking and eating time.
Continue en route to the river and see a sign....
I can't help but smirk and wonder if I'll see it on the way to the river.
I do..
A few minutes later I see the river: Victory!
Heres my view from the bridge.
( sorry no pics - and no Red lights either, lets leave it at that ).
