G-Day!!

After a long and rather uneventful plane flight from Newark, NJ, I landed in Frankfurt, Germany early this morning. My mother told me that she would be praying for the pilot, but I did her one better. I was sitting next to a Baptist preacher. He speaks maybe 6 languages fluently, and did some translating for Billy Graham. So I knew that I was safe on this flight. He was a very nice guy and we spoke on and off throughout the flight. It almost made me wish I hadn’t eaten that seventh deviled egg the night before…

I was not able to sleep much at all on the flight, so right now I am whooped! However, I do not want to go to sleep now since it is only mid-afternoon here. I don’t want to wake up in the middle of the night and not be able to get back to bed.

It’s kind of a dreary day here, and has been drizzling off and on since I got here. I went out exploring anyway, because I was falling asleep in the room. I was wondering around in a slight daze from lack of sleep, and almost got lost several times. I was thinking that this Germany thing not have been such a good idea until I found something. Two separate shops with more pork products than I could ever imagine. Beautiful sausages and ham hanging around and calling out my name. I picked up some smoked blood sausage, cheese, a couple of rolls, and some mustard and headed back. On my way I stopped at a small pavilion and bought two excellent beers.

I came back to my room with the goods and fixed myself a couple of sandwiches. The only knife I have right now is a 1.5” pocket knife that I didn’t even know I had until it fell out of my carry-on baggage at the hotel. It doesn’t say much for homeland security, but it sure does the trick here.

Short post today because I am tiiiiiiiiiired. I am falling asleep here while typing this, and I do not want to get any spit on the keyboard.