I've arrived

Well a basically uneventful voyage - although Lufthansa did manage to get to Frankfurt Airport too early for there to be someone to operate the jetway so a bus transfer to terminal ensued (I'm sure they do the bus thing to give the baggage handlers a headstart).

Having plenty of time I opted for the €3.35 tour to get to the hotel - which involves the local trains, underground and buses - thankfully only one of each ;-) - and time for a stroll along Zeil, once the most prestigious shopping street in Germany.

The €3.35 is just a bit different to the taxi fare that I know in the past was €50+ - central Frankfurt seems to be im Bau and although the Weltmeisterschaft is over, Grinsi Klinsi is still saluted on many a construction site with huge banners proclaiming the thanks of a grateful nation.

Today's item of amusement - within the in-flight magazine (all in German so clearly aimed at the German market) was a shopping section, and in that shopping section was an item that every stereotypical German Tourist should possess - a beach towel bearing the legend "Reserved".