Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Airports and the lot.

I arrived at the airport in Melbourne quite early and had lots of time before my flight. The plane was late getting in from L.A, so I had to wait an extra 30 minutes for boarding.
The flight to Doha, Qatar was long... 14 hours. The food and everything was good though.
After landing in Doha, because the airport is quite small and new we had to walk down stairs from the plane and then catch a bus to the main building. I found my way around and decided to go to the food court. I got chips and root beer (most of the other food was strange.) They were the only ones I really knew would be safe.

The view of the Iraq area from the plane

It was finally time for boarding and we had to catch another bus back to the plane. I had to seats to myself and I had a window seat too. The flight was only 6 hours but it took forever!
When we landed in Frankfurt, we were early. But we weren't. The gate we were meant to use was being used by another plane, so after 20 minutes of waiting, the plane was towed to another gate.

We still had to walk down stairs off the plane because they weren't prepared for us, this is when I got my first taste of Germany's winter. It was already snowing and it was all white.
I think I walked through about half the airport in Frankfurt and then finally found my way to be picked up by the family.
Frankfurt aiport is the biggest in Germany, to get from one terminal to the other you have to this special train that takes about 3 minutes. It's all so different to Australia.
The drive to where I am staying in Marburg is about an hour on the Autobarn.
The view the whole way to the house was amazing, but this could be just because I'm not used to seeing snow.

I knew I was in Germany when I saw snow flakes/ice on my window.My flowers from the family. :)

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