Day Seventyfive - Aug 4, 2012
Mainz, Germany to Anchorage, Alaska
High Point:
Anchorage
Low Point:
Leaving Europe
Miles By Foot:
1
Miles By Plane:
4565
Miles By Train:
15
Today's Antiquities:
Our late 40's home. In Anchorage, an antiquity.
Today's Weather:
Lovely and cool in the morning. Controlled climates for the rest of the day.
Tonight's Lodging:
Home
Daily Didactic
It was an easy and long travel day home. We caught the train from Mainz at around 8:00, arrived at Frankfurt Main Airport by 8:30, checked in and went through layers of security, and then killed time until our delayed flight left at 12:10. After just under ten hours were greeted by Brian's brother Al at Anchorage International Airport. It was really, really nice to get home!
So, in the last 75 days...
We visited (slept in)
26 cities in 15 countries
We traveled (roughly)
11,795 miles by plane
6,025 miles by train
352 miles by feet
145 miles by automobile
29 miles by bike
10 miles by boat
We appreciated (thoroughly)
20 Museums
19 Churches
25 Ruins, palaces, gardens, towers and galleries, and even more things that don't fit into categories
Nice.
Today's Photos
Our last room, on the way out to the airport
Mainz, cute this way
...and that
Ibis. Uninspired, but pretty comfy
The Roman Theater station
Under construction
We've been here before. Metaphorically
Sock monkey will miss the train stations
Tucking himself away
Our last train
We've given our train pass a run for it's money, another half a dozen trips on the other side
Mainz on the Rhine
For no particular reason eight rows were set aside as first class. Yes, we sat there
It would be a shame to screw this up now
Frankfurt Main train station welcomes us
As does the airport
We've been bad with coins this trip, which now makes us fairly generous
The 11:20, now the 12:10, to home
Germany, reminds us of Oregon and Ireland
About to hop the pond
You can't stop her
Half meat, half bread. We are not fans
Ice pack near Greenland
Five hours later, on home turf. More or less
Off Point MacKenzie
Over Fire Island
Home!