We made it! Last year we had a direct flight from Charlotte to Frankfurt. This year, we left from Columbia through Atlanta to Frankfurt. The extra leg just adds to the difficulty. Everyone traveled just fine. One thing we tried to show the students is how difficult it is to use mass transit. Rather than arriving in Germany and hopping on a tour bus, sleeping in transit, then getting off at your hotel we had a more difficult route. We had to take a bus to the train station near the airport, catch a train (which was delayed) to Mannheim, then wait because we missed our connection, then catch a train to Freiburg, then get our bags from the hotel to the room. There is limited relaxation as we have to make sure to get to our next connection.
Once we were in Freiburg we feasted on Doner Kebabs, saw the main market, hiked up to the top of the church, walked to the local observation tower, found a beer garden, then had some gellato. Good day overall, but we are a bit on the tired side...
Andi's pedometer said 6.22 miles and 14,022 steps, 58 flights of stairs.
Tommorrow morning we have to sort out our cell phones and do some business before we start our tours at noon.
Pictures updated as soon as they are uploaded...
