06 JUL - Another marathon day (Day 29)
There really wasn't anything separating today from yesterday. We didn't get back to Weimar until 10PM last night. That means that I got to see the last of the France v Portugal match. Zizou ROCKS!
After the match though, we had some serious packing and cleaning to do. Zaccheus was by far the most experienced packer that I have ever seen. She had her stuff packed in less than an hour it seemed. I couldn't believe how much she was able to pack into those 2 bags. After she was done, she helped me pack. I wasn't leaving as soon as they were but I could leave most of it packed and just put my dirty clothes in the bags at the very end. I really appreciated her help.
Not only did we have to pack but we had some cleaning to do. We didn't really have to cleanse anything. We just had to clean out the refrigerator really. Zaccheus was upset at how much food we throwing into the bin. I didn't think it was that much really. All we really had was a couple of bottles of jelly and Nutella and some packages of meat and cheese. All of our empty bottles we put in a bag so that the owners could get the deposit for them.
Rocco was lucky that Tah Dah was there to pack for him. He spent the entire evening trying to guarantee a flight today. He had already transferred his flight to London -> Chicago so now he had to get to London. He bought a flight on Orbitz but wasn't going to be able to verify until later this morning.
I think everyone got to sleep around 02:00 and we had to be on the road around 06:30. Luckily, we had put the big bags in the truck before we went to sleep. The REAL excitement happened at 06:00. I was carrying a bag to the car. Everyone was outside the apartment. As I stepped out the door, the door closed. The bad thing about that was EVERYONE was outside and ALL the keys were on the inside. I had really stepped in it. Of course, our apartment was on the 3rd floor so there was NO way we could crawl into an open window. I even looked for a ladder but to no avail. The only option was to start knocking on the door of the owners.
It took about 10 minutes to get their attention. Zaccheus was the one ringing the bell which I think did the trick. They immediately took her to the SECOND FLOOR apartment. Ooops! They caught on rather quickly though. Thank goodness that Rocco and I had left a key with them.
Disaster averted, we were on our way. Of course, no one ate any breakfast. There were still some bread, cheese and meat available but I think everyone just wanted to get on the road.
We had to drop Rocco at the airport first. His possible flight was at 11:30 so we made sure he was there at 09:00. So I left him and then took the girls to the other terminal. I didn't think that they were going to have any problems since they had a confirmed flight at 14:00. They could maybe catch an early flight on stand-by. I went back to Terminal 1 to make sure that Rocco got on his flight. I was really surprised that BA (British Airlines, not Bad A**) confirmed that Rocco had made his flight to London. I was on my own.
This is when it gets boring. I went to a hotel in downtown Frankfurt, checked in and stayed in the hotel for the next 24 hours. Boring but just fine by me!
Foot loose and fancy free in Germany!
Knuckles (a little dragging)
After the match though, we had some serious packing and cleaning to do. Zaccheus was by far the most experienced packer that I have ever seen. She had her stuff packed in less than an hour it seemed. I couldn't believe how much she was able to pack into those 2 bags. After she was done, she helped me pack. I wasn't leaving as soon as they were but I could leave most of it packed and just put my dirty clothes in the bags at the very end. I really appreciated her help.
Not only did we have to pack but we had some cleaning to do. We didn't really have to cleanse anything. We just had to clean out the refrigerator really. Zaccheus was upset at how much food we throwing into the bin. I didn't think it was that much really. All we really had was a couple of bottles of jelly and Nutella and some packages of meat and cheese. All of our empty bottles we put in a bag so that the owners could get the deposit for them.
Rocco was lucky that Tah Dah was there to pack for him. He spent the entire evening trying to guarantee a flight today. He had already transferred his flight to London -> Chicago so now he had to get to London. He bought a flight on Orbitz but wasn't going to be able to verify until later this morning.
I think everyone got to sleep around 02:00 and we had to be on the road around 06:30. Luckily, we had put the big bags in the truck before we went to sleep. The REAL excitement happened at 06:00. I was carrying a bag to the car. Everyone was outside the apartment. As I stepped out the door, the door closed. The bad thing about that was EVERYONE was outside and ALL the keys were on the inside. I had really stepped in it. Of course, our apartment was on the 3rd floor so there was NO way we could crawl into an open window. I even looked for a ladder but to no avail. The only option was to start knocking on the door of the owners.
It took about 10 minutes to get their attention. Zaccheus was the one ringing the bell which I think did the trick. They immediately took her to the SECOND FLOOR apartment. Ooops! They caught on rather quickly though. Thank goodness that Rocco and I had left a key with them.
Disaster averted, we were on our way. Of course, no one ate any breakfast. There were still some bread, cheese and meat available but I think everyone just wanted to get on the road.
We had to drop Rocco at the airport first. His possible flight was at 11:30 so we made sure he was there at 09:00. So I left him and then took the girls to the other terminal. I didn't think that they were going to have any problems since they had a confirmed flight at 14:00. They could maybe catch an early flight on stand-by. I went back to Terminal 1 to make sure that Rocco got on his flight. I was really surprised that BA (British Airlines, not Bad A**) confirmed that Rocco had made his flight to London. I was on my own.
This is when it gets boring. I went to a hotel in downtown Frankfurt, checked in and stayed in the hotel for the next 24 hours. Boring but just fine by me!
Foot loose and fancy free in Germany!
Knuckles (a little dragging)
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