We're Back...but Just Barely

Just a quick post to say hi and let you know we (meaning Crabby Pants and myself...hubby is still in Germany)  made it back despite the arctic blasts that seem to be intent on making travel  a bit more difficult than normal.

You know that I always like to participate in Two Thoughts for Tuesday with the Blogdumps  crew and had every intention of having time yesterday to at least get started BUT as I managed to have both my flight out of Frankfurt, Germany delayed and the flight out of Houston to Kansas City delayed as well....consider this post  a little blurb to let you know that I am alive and well.    One (meaning YOU) really can't expect a lot of quality and superior content when it is coming from a jet-lagged, caffeine deprived, ME after getting home around 3 AM this morning.

Over the next few weeks, I will try to find time to tell you about some of the more interesting parts of my trip. Obviously, the very best part was seeing my husband.  He is coming home for Christmas so, I get to see him again in just a couple of weeks.

Anywho....back to the issue at hand.  Two Thoughts????

Thought Number One:  Some Airports are Easier than Others

In the past, when we went overseas we went through Amsterdam or Munich.  This time I went through Frankfurt both coming and going and I thought it was a thoroughly confusing airport as far as getting to the terminal.  Once inside the building not bad at all but, frankly the odds of you finding your way to a parking garage are so remote that you might, in fact, never get to see the inside of the terminal.  Well...unless you are willing to jump out of a moving car and run for the entrance.  I wasn't willing or able to try that method as my big ole suitcase wouldn't of made the jump. Next best method is to pull into the rental return lot of the same company as your rental car is from and beg for mercy.  The Enterprise people didn't seem to find it surprising that we couldn't find the parking garage and were very nice to help us figure out the "how to get to "point A from Point B." 

Of course, it could be said that IF a person could read German signs, this problem of not locating the entrance of the parking garage might of been somewhat easier.   As I don't read German signs, it is a miracle that I managed to get back to Kansas City at all. Still...as of 3:00 AM, I am back home.  YAY!!!!

Thought Number Two:  Are  Vacations Worth the Price You Pay When You Return? 

So here I am trying to think of "two" thoughts while actually I am thinking hundreds of thoughts of all that needs to get accomplished now that I am back. I am very behind in all things...mail, news (did anything of interest happen in the U.S in the last couple of weeks???) , blogging, reading, correspondence, returning emails and returning  phone calls...and the list goes on.

So my friends, I will try to get caught up and get back posting on a more consistent schedule.  AND to my blogging friends, I will see you over at your blogs soon.




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Day Number Two

What happened to "Day Number One"?,  I hear you cry.  Well...the long and the short of it is that after my departure on Saturday to come to Germany,  I have spent a lot of time in airports and on airplanes but have had a hell of a time getting on the Internet.  Luckily (or not ...depending on your point of view) I can draw and manipulate my pictures off line enough to do some cartoons for you.

 

 

 

So....just to catch you up to speed:

I  arrived at 11:45 AM in Frankfurt yesterday which is 4:45 AM according to my tired butt's time (and real time zone differences).  After maneuvering  through customs and retrieving  luggage I was headed for my  first stop of Andernach, Germany.  Andernach is super cute and very quaint. For those of you that aren't regular readers, my husband has been working here for the last 3 months so he is feeling pretty much at home here.  I have been here about a minute and a half and haven't gotten acclimated quite yet.

Not speaking the language on top of the fact there is no Diet Coke available is offering me a bit of a challenge.....oh and do we need to mention that in Germany they never, ever, puts ice into beverages?  I am drinking what appears to be German bottled ice tea without the availability of any ice.  I find it interesting that ice can be put in the picture but when you ask for ice, you are considered a crazy person. 

We dropped in on a Christmas Festival, visited an old fortress, and got settled into our German Guesthouse where we spent last night.  Hubby is sleep asleep this morning because it is 4:00 AM and I am awake with an Internet connection.  YAY!....

BUT for now...I am going to get cleaned up for the day.  I have plenty of pictures of things that I will try to post as time and computer connections allow.



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