9 Mar 2010
Donauinsel
Taxi to Frankfurt MESSE cost EUR30.00 (including tips). Driving time by taxi was about 20 minutes. Initially we thought of getting into the city to have our dinner but changed our minds since it was cold.
Dinner
We had our dinner at a local German restaurant called "Luftikus". It was quite an adventure for us to get to the restaurant. The hotel staff just told us to 'turn left, left and left'. After turning the second left and walking a number of paces, we saw a tiny lane and duly turned left. It got a little scary after walking for 5 minutes because it was really dark and all we saw were some railway tracks and no 'Luftikus'.
We decided to backtrack and walk back to the main road and sought help from a local dude who was walking towards us. He spoke reasonably good English but unfortunately, he was not from Frankfurt and had no idea where 'Luftikus' was.
Anyway, we kept walking until we saw another main road. We turned left and there it was - 'Luftikus'. The lady at the restaurant didn't understand English so she had to bring out the English menu, which we used to point and choose our food and she cross referenced our choices with the German menu. We had some calamari and soup (on the house) and some locally brewed beer. Total cost of dinner: about EUR25.00.
After dinner, we strolled back to our hotel and ensure that we have packed everything.
We had about half a day in Vienna before we made our way to Frankfurt in the afternoon. So, we decided to explore a little by taking the U-Bahn to Donauinsel. There wasn't much to see there, just the Danube (Donau) and some people jogging. It was nice and tranquil, a contrast from the hugely touristy Stephansplatz.
A view by the bank of the Danube
StadtPark
Next, we visited Stadt Park which is home to many statues of famous composers such as Johann Strauss Jr and Franz Schubert. Here are some shots from Stadt Park.
Ducks swimming (background)
Simon and the statue of Johann Strauss Jr.
Frankfurt
Frankfurt was our final stopover before heading home to Singapore. We flew from Vienna via Air Berlin and arrived at Frankfurt airport around 5.25 pm. I made a mistake of booking Holiday Inn Express Frankfurt - MESSE when I should have booked Holiday Inn Express Frankfurt Airport, which comes with a free shuttle service.Taxi to Frankfurt MESSE cost EUR30.00 (including tips). Driving time by taxi was about 20 minutes. Initially we thought of getting into the city to have our dinner but changed our minds since it was cold.
Dinner
We had our dinner at a local German restaurant called "Luftikus". It was quite an adventure for us to get to the restaurant. The hotel staff just told us to 'turn left, left and left'. After turning the second left and walking a number of paces, we saw a tiny lane and duly turned left. It got a little scary after walking for 5 minutes because it was really dark and all we saw were some railway tracks and no 'Luftikus'.
We decided to backtrack and walk back to the main road and sought help from a local dude who was walking towards us. He spoke reasonably good English but unfortunately, he was not from Frankfurt and had no idea where 'Luftikus' was.
Anyway, we kept walking until we saw another main road. We turned left and there it was - 'Luftikus'. The lady at the restaurant didn't understand English so she had to bring out the English menu, which we used to point and choose our food and she cross referenced our choices with the German menu. We had some calamari and soup (on the house) and some locally brewed beer. Total cost of dinner: about EUR25.00.
After dinner, we strolled back to our hotel and ensure that we have packed everything.
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