The ICE train we had reserved for the Hamburg to Frankfurt was replaced with an older one.

We had bought first class tickets but were informed that there were no reserved seats. We found an empty booth in one of the first class carriages but were then informed that this train had no Wifi. What??? Do we actually have to speak to each other? Ha ha. It was lovely. We caught up on the blog and enjoyed the scenery.

The train conductor was a lovely young man who was keen to have a chat and asked about the fires.

We also had a cart come through a few times with refreshments and snacks.

At Hanover we were joined by another passenger who was a maths/physics teacher. We chatted as best we could with his limited English but it was much better than our German!!!

We know Frankfurt well enough now to get to Scott’s place on our own. A trip that takes less than 10 minutes on foot from the main Hauptbahnhoff.

It was great to be back with Scott. He had made an awesome batch of pierogi for us and was preparing a schnitzel feast for when Amadeusz joined us.

The meal was exquisite and was washed down with a white wine and red wine provided by Amadeusz. Then it was time for the games!

Monopoly was the first game, which Teresa won. Then the good kids went to bed and, as usual, Amadeusz and Michele (the naughty ones) stayed up to play Yahtzee and drink vodka until the early hours of the morning. So good to catch up though.

After a good night’s sleep we set out to see some more of the sights of Frankfurt. There is a tower which has a observation deck at the top . We rode the elevator to the 55th floor and walked up the open air! It is a bit freaky as there is glass all around. The views were spectacular!

Lunch at the Selzkammen restaurant was Savoury soup, Pork Schnitzels with mashed potato and peas with carrots and a savoury sauce.

Frankfurt has a very large shopping precinct so off we went to explore.

Michele and Teresa stopped at L’Avenue bar which was interesting as they still allowed smoking inside and we could only access wifi inside. We were given a table at the very back away from the smokers.

We returned to the apartment which was being readied by Scott for his AirBnB guest.

Tonight we will be staying at the Hotel Excelsior which was the hotel we stayed in 2 years ago with Irene! It is right next to the Hauptbahnhoff which we will be catching a train from to the airport. Tomorrow is our last day. Gute nacht!