Chicago-Frankfurt-Dresden

I am going to try to keep these blogs short and sweet. Peggy didn't bring her computer so I have to pay for time at the hotel.Call this speed blogging. Flight-Air India- Food was way too spicey and geared to the Indian's tates buds. Crowded, lots of screaming little kids and thank goodness for my Tylenol PM and my noise canceling headphones. Flight was uneventful, arrived in Frankfurt abbout 7:30 a.m, caught the train right at the airport for Dresden-5 hours, got here about 3 p.m., Hilton Hotel in the heart of the historic district. Took a bus tour, ate at some sidewalk cafe. Learning how to handle foreign money. Peggy paid 8 euros for a bottle of water which equals $8 plus 14 percent at our exchange rate. Surprises-not many Germans speak English. Gosh, I had lots of ideas for this blog today but now that time is money, I can't think of a thing. Weather is great, warm, no humidity. Old buildings are beautiful, hotel is great. No travel glitches so far. I still don't feel far away. I think I will keep a written journal first before I write this log so I am more to the point. Tuesday we catch the train at 7:09 a.m. for Liberec, Czech Republic. Our guide, Jakub will meet us and we will pursue Ella Appelt's history with a side trip to the glass bead capital of the world. I have taken interesting pictures just because of the differences-toilets, food, etc. I have less than 5 minutes left. I will try to add a pciture or two next time. Bye for now. One of the Burke kids, call your dad and read this to him. Love to all of you.