Reflections by Youth Commissioner Amanda DuPart
July 6, 2009
Amanda DuPart
Today we arrived in Frankfurt. We took a train which was inside the airport and it is similar to Marta or the airport shuttle in Atlanta. It took us to another part of the airport which contained access to the long distance train. After we put down our luggage, we all went off to grab something to eat for breakfast. I ended up choosing a breakfast danish that was made out of chocolate and peanuts. Everyone else either got a pretzel or another type of breakfast danish.
After everyone had settled down, Prachi, Neiger, Ashley and I went to Starbucks and looked around in the shops in the airport to kill time until the train left. The airport in Frankfurt is more similar to a mall than it is to an airport. There are so many stores and escalators, you can go so many different ways and get to so many things. It was also decorated more similarly to a mall.
When we finally got back down to the train station we played a game that Neiger suggested until the train arrived. After we got on the train we had to move seats because other passengers had reserved seats and our tickets didn’t reserve seats so we got to sit wherever was vacant. After we finally found seats that nobody had reserved I fell asleep. I had barely gotten any sleep on the plane so I was tired. I was doodling at first and I started to look out the window at the scenery. The train was moving so quickly that everything outside was a blur, it was starting to make my head spin. Although the train was fast, it was a fairly smooth ride, the only time that it seemed bumpy was when you were standing up or walking around.
When I woke up, we were about to arrive in Nuremburg. We walked from the train station to the hotel, and got a chance to freshen up. It felt so good to finally get the chance to brush my teeth and actually feel clean. That’s the one thing that I don’t like about long flights, you don’t get the chance to shower and freshen up.
Since we hadn’t had lunch yet, we went to a restaurant across the street from the hotel. Instead of drinking beers, most of us tried this drink that was a mixture of apple juice and sparkling water. It actually tasted pretty good. For dinner I ordered pasta with sauce which was on the little persons’ menu. It was pretty good the pasta had a different shape that I hadn’t seen before and it seemed to be thicker than the pasta that we have back home. Someone mentioned that it had probably been potato pasta. Afterwards we had apple strudel. W
hen everyone was done eating, Wesley asked Neiger if he could go on a walk, so Prachi, Neiger and I went with him. We went into all of these different stores that we don’t have in the U.S. and we saw some pretty interesting things. We saw an H & M which we do have back home, and we went in. Wesley ended up getting some pink shorts, which were so cute, Neiger got some jewelry, and I got a casual dress.
We went in a couple of hair salons, and they had some really good deals. If we have time, I want to get my hair done while we’re here. We saw one girl who got her hair died hot pink, and was styled in a very interesting way. It was really different but at the same time, it looked good. Although I wouldn’t ever die my hair hot pink, it was so interesting to watch the man style her hair. He got really into it like he was putting on a show for everyone watching. Prachi ended up getting some light blue extensions put into her hair. They look good.
After we were done walking around and everyone was back at the hotel, we had a meeting about what we’re doing over the next few days in Nuremburg and everyone’s responsibilities. After the meeting we all settled down and went to our rooms for the night. I know the rest of the trip is going to be jam-packed, but it was fun to do some things on our own today- things that were not on the schedule.
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