waiting at the airport in Seattle, with my newly exchanged euros

The Lufthansa plane on the tarmac where we disembarked. We rode a shuttle to the terminal. I had never gotten off a plane like this before.

in the friend’s apartment in Griesheim

umts usb stick for my mobile internet..

bought some chocolate at the Penny Market.. bought the cheapest bar I could find (.35 EUR), Milka, and the larger “fine” box of different chocolates..

The cars are freakin’ awesome here. The first K on the autobahn had a mercedes and ferrari speed by at 100+. I saw an R36 wagon today… several modified vw’s, tons of mk2’s, etc. It’s crazy how almost everything seems to be diesel here.. all taxi’s are Mercedes.. and it’s kind of fun seeing Fiat, Alfa, Renault, Citroen, Pugeot, etc.

I was shuttled around by my friend today in his Smart Car.. all around the Darmstadt area. We also met up with a guy we know from Sweden.

I didn’t take these..
(ugh)

We climbed the top of this tower in the middle of town. The stairs inside were like a nightmare.. constantly turning & climbing with no change.. 150+ steps.

tomorrow I get my rental car (hopefully it can be a golf and not an A class or new beetle… which are the other cars in the ‘class’. After that I’m not yet sure what I’ll do. I just know I need to be in the Eifel region by Tuesday evening.

One Response to “First Day”

1. Bird says:

   September 5, 2009 at 7:57 pm

   Have a good time. i”ll be checking back on your travels.