I'm here!
The trip over wasn't so bad; in fact, it was actually quite good. My flight out of Huntsville was delayed an hour due to thunderstorms, but my mom was able to rebook me before I even left Huntsville. I ended up flying to Atlanta where I caught a direct flight to Frankfurt (~8.5 hour flight). I got lucky enough to get a window seat in the exit row right behind the bathrooms, which meant SIX FEET of leg room! Not only that, but I also didn't have anyone sitting next to me. It was nearly as amazing as first class.
I landed about 4 hours ago. Matt had some trouble navigating the airport (the Frankfurt airport is insanely large and confusing) and I couldn't connect to the wifi to talk to him, so it took us a bit to find each other. We left the airport around 10am and took a train, tram, and bus until we finally arrived at his apartment an hour and fifteen minutes later. Since he took the morning off of work to pick me up, he is now working from noon until 6. Being that it's supposed to be 101F here today, I decided to just lounge around the apartment until he's off work, taking my time to shower and rest (and blog, of course).
Naturally, there was one casualty today. As I was getting on the tram in the airport, my suitcase wheel got stuck in the crack between the platform and the tram. I pulled, but instead of my suitcase coming with me, the handle broke off. The guy behind me was watching the whole thing and made a point to look at me in the eyes and smile. Luckily I'm still able to wheel the suitcase around even without the handle, so it's a mild inconvenience. Matt is kind enough to let me leave my 2 "big" suitcases here when I'm in England, so I just have to be able to get the broken suitcase to Nürnberg.
Matt rents a room in an apartment from an older woman, so he basically has a 65 year old German roommate. I've spent some time chatting with her since Matt left, and my German isn't as rusty as I feared. I'm definitely off to a good start.
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