A Long Travel Day Ahead

Posted on October 11, 2017 by vanbraman

Tomorrow will be a long day of travel.Regional Train, Jena Goschwitz, Train Travel

I will have to get up early and be down to breakfast as soon as the restaurant opens, as I have to be at the train station for a 7:32 train. I have about a 15-20 minute walk to the station, so must be out the door of the hotel by around 7:00 to make sure I don’t miss my train.

ICE, Erfurt, Germany, Train, High Speed Train

I will then change trains at Erfut and take an ICE to the Frankfurt airport.

Trains, Germany, frankfurt, ICEHere is the train station at the Frankfurt Airport where I will arrive. I then have a long walk to the check-in area for my flight.Triple 7, Boeing 777, Flight to Tokyo, SFO - HND, Airplane

I will then have some time in the Lufthansa lounge before boarding a United 777 for my flight to San Francisco. I am really glad that United has almost completed the process of switching to the Boeing 777 for the FRA/SFO route.

San Francisco International Airport, International Terminal, SFO

It will be nice to see this view as I wait for the parking shuttle after clearing immigration and picking up my bag.

The schedule arrival time is 4:30pm so by the time I make it to my car rush hour traffic will have commenced. It will be a long drive home.

I will hopefully get home in time to get unpacked and start some laundry before bedtime.

Now for some sleep 🙂

Steven

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Rainy Night Dinner in Jena

Posted on October 10, 2017 by vanbraman

Tonight has been another rainy night in Jena. I had checked the weather before I left the hotel and it said that rain was not in the forecast. However, by the time I got downtown there was light rain. This changed my mind a bit about where I would go to eat as I wanted to be close to a street train stop.

Kartoffel Haus, Jena, Germany, good food

I decided to just eat at The Kartoffelhaus again. I had never eaten in the upstairs dining area, so it was almost like eating somewhere else. Just the same good food.

Special platter, pork steak, fried potatoes, bacon, beans

I decided to have the Spezialteller or Special Dish. The dish is 3 Schweinefilets vom Lavasteingrill mit Speckbohnen und Bratkartoffeln. For those of you who do not know German it is 3 pork steaks from a lava stone grill with bacon wrapped green beans and roasted potatoes.

A lava stone grill is similar to a charcoal grill and has even heat distribution.

Dessert, Apple strudel, ice cream, German Food

After my delicious meal I decided to also get some dessert. This is not too common for me when traveling, but tonight I was looking at the menu and the cold rainy night just called for a hot apple strudel. I am really happy that I ordered the dessert as it was really delicious and one of the best apple strudels I have eaten.

Lamp shade, restaurant, ambience

I liked the pattern on the lamp shade above my table so decided to take a picture. I think that the overall effect of the picture is quite interesting.

Jena Market Square, Jena, Germany, rainy night

After leaving the restaurant I stopped to take a few pictures of the Jena market square. I like the light reflecting off of the wet surfaces.

The rain was still coming down so I headed off toward the nearest street train stop. I arrived just as the train was leaving and then had to wait 30 minutes for the next one.

Hopefully the rain will go away!

Steven

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