Planes, Planes, and Automobiles

Well after a lengthy delay, we finally boarded the BIG plane, which was our 2nd plane of the day. We were in Economy Plus, which according to the ad, gave us up to 5in extra legroom. One I shoved my giant backpack under the seat in front of me though, I didn't really notice a difference . . .

I sat in the middle seat. We each had our own TV screen to watch the show of our pleasure

And now it's 10am. Landed in Frankfurt. Just enough time to go through German security before hopping on our 3rd plane. The Germans also did not like the transformatator (or something like that). It was swabbed for explosive residue for the 2nd time and then I was given the all clear.. I was finally able to watch Bad Teacher and The Help. The Help was awesome, and had me crying in a few spots. Not uncommon, it's an emotional movie, but then I COULD NOT STOP. The last week seemed to have gotten to me. It was something like 3am and I had been up since 8am the day before and I lost all control. I think I cried for like an hour. It was my quarterly cry. Very cathartic later in the day, but at the time, it gave me a headache.

Boarded the plane. It was only a half hour flight, and we both passed out. That actually

helped a lot. 1pm now. Time to get the luggage. Joe realized we needed a luggage cart. He went to get one, and while he was gone, some guy comes up with his arms out, like "what's going on with this luggage situation?!" He then said some stuff in a language I didn't know while I looked bewildered. The luggage showed up and I pointed it out to him. He seemed gratified, and put out his hand, as if to shake. I took his hand, then he kissed mine twice and walked off. Joe, who had been walking back and saw everything, asks "What did you do?"

I have no idea. I can only imagine how my face looked during that exchange.

We yanked ALL our luggage off the conveyor belt and loaded it up onto two carts. It was a miracle it all arrived, first even, on the belt.

Next we had to get a rental car. This involved walking

out of the airport and then back in?

Munchen seems to have an open air square in the midst of the airport.

Rental car? Check. Time to make the trek to Regensburg also

known as Ratisbonne from

Munchen. It's about an hour drive. But on the autobahn in the beamer,

Joe makes short work of it. Finally reaching the apartment, we checked in, and went to find dinner, settling on McDs cause it was cheap and easy. We then passed out at 530pm local time, and we out til 10am the next day.