Train trip on the ICE
Hi Mommy,
now Anja and I have returned home, and I finally find the time to tell you all about our vacation and our trip to Gütersloh on the ICE (Inter City Express train).
And I mean Express! But you will see, Mommy
Friday, 10 April 09 was a German holiday (Good Friday), so Anja and I slept in, packed our suitcase and then set off to the train station.
Anja lives close to the S-Bahn (subway train that goes underground in the city of Frankfurt and above ground outside the city), so we took the S-Bahn to Frankfurt train station.
It was a beautiful sunny day, and we admired the lovely flowers and plants
You have to walk down this street
full of nice old houses
and at the end of the street, there is the S-Bahn stop
Here comes our S-Bahn
This is a plan of the Frankfurt S-Bahn and U-Bahn trains. Holy Maloney, Mommy, I certainly find this confusing!!!
I looked out of the window (can you find the Messeturm, Mommy? )
until the S-Bahn finally went underground, and we had to get off at the main train station (Hauptbahnhof, in short: Hbf)
The first thing Anja did was buy some food (did I tell you I love this lady? )
and I got to meet some German train station attendants
Then I finally got to see a real ICE approaching!!!
Wow!!! Looks like a space rocket, don't you think?
(and Anja told me these things are almost as fast, too )
Now it was time to go onto the platform
and to board our train
Soon the train started moving
and soon everything was flying by
When we got bored looking out of the window, we shared the sandwich that Anja had bought
and when we had to change trains, Anja had a cigarette in the designated smoking area on the platform
Then we had to change trains in Bielefeld again
and it was already getting dusk, so Anja could not take any pictures of Gütersloh when we arrived there.
Finally we arrived at Katja's and Jens' house, where we were greeted with a nice snack
and a very tasty dark German beer
What an exciting day!!!
I was dog ... uhm .. rat tired, and I went to sleep soon after our snack. But I will write again very soon to tell you about all the nice food I had and all the nice things I saw in Gütersloh!
Hugs
Twix