Giant tubes with wings

Today was all about airplanes...

First of all, I was in bed by 10 pm last night and did not have to be picked up until 10:15am this morning. That was a treat and a half!! I had more than 8 hours of sleep and I had time to do a little bit of yoga this morning...I was a happy, happy girl this morning!!

So, we arrived at the Frankfurt Aiport at 11am for a "behind the scenes" tour of the airport. I won't bore you with the details...but it was so cool to sit on the tarmac and watch these HUGE, HUGE airplanes take off and land right in front of us.

Tony, Joe and Jack---we went into the Baggage Handling Room which looks a lot like something from NASA...you should have seen the cabling racks!! I took a picture of it for you. This room had a HUGE wall in front of them that tracks baggage from the check in desks to the tarmac. Friggin' cool!

We also saw the Airport Fire Brigade (Dad, I got some really cool pics for you too!!!) This airport tour is really one of the highlights of the trip, I think.

Tonight, we will have a family BBQ with one of the other host family's. Should be a nice quiet day.

Tomorrow, we will have our first vocational day of the trip...I am frustrated with this as we are almost three weeks into this and are just getting the first one right now. It would be nice to talk Real Estate for a little while and take a small break from all the old stuff in museums!

I am missing everyone...lots of love to you!
--Christine