If it's Tuesday, this must be Germany.

We got to Frankfurt at 5 AM local time, 11:00 at night as far as we were concerned, after being awake most of the flight from New York. Sam had a good time on the plane, but really really wanted to kick the seat in front of him all 7 hours. Thank goodness the German girl sitting there didn't seem to mind. Getting our massive numbers of bags (each weighing 50 lbs. or less) through the Frankfurt airport was a challenge, but luckily the hotel is literally attached to the airport.

Slept a little, ordered breakfast in, and finally felt human later today. We took the S-bahn (train) into the center of Frankfurt to check out the older buildings (as in, 15th century) and have dinner. Mark got his sauerbraten and I had spaetzle, along with an excellent hefeweisen (wheat beer) and apfelwein (cider). Sam had applesauce and said "hi" to the entire restaurant. The Japanese family next to us was charmed. The lady who wanted to read her book in peace moved to another table.

On the walk back to the S-bahn, we saw a shop selling Native American jewelry. Now, I know enough German to realize that the sign basically said, "Native American Jewelry" (the derivation of the Yiddish insult is from the concept of "family jewels"). But I am just enough of a 12 year old to be amused, and to think of the word "Indianerschmuck" as what one might call a Hoosier who is in fact a hoser. :)

Now we're hanging out in the room, watching election coverage on CNN Europe. Our flight to New Delhi is early afternoon tomorrow, so it'll be a morning of relaxing at the hotel before it's time to go.

Onward and Eastward...