Frankfurt; Tuesday, 20 December, 2011

To minimise the potential delay we were facing because of snow at Frankfurt the Pilot decided to take the slow and winding taxi route down to the far end of the airfield, which meant that we only had to sit there for about 10 minutes before we were allowed to take off.

We arrived in Frankfurt to a fair dusting of snow, though rapidly melting. After being bussed to the terminal and getting through to arrivals I got to the station just in time to miss the train and have to wait 20 minutes for the next one, which in the height of the rush hour was heaving.

Thankfully, from the station it was only a very short walk to the hotel where, after several issues, I eventually checked into a room that had everything in it working.

After checking in I wandered out into town to have a look around, taking in the Christmas market and grabbing dinner there.

After a long wander around I headed back to the hotel for a good night’s sleep.