After Mother's Day lunch at church, and a great sand volleyball game, my brother dropped me off at the airport for my American Airline flight to London late Sunday afternoon. Before I knew it, the plane that was supposed to come in from Korea and turn around to fly us to London was late. It was a rather long flight to London once we left DFW International Airport. I sat and there wished the Concorde experiment had succeeded. After getting to London half an hour later than scheduled, we had to wait for a gate. Then for whatever reason, London Heathrow will not announce the gate for my connecting flight to Frankfurt, or any other departing flights, until 15 minutes before boarding time, so I cannot possibly get out and see London since I have no idea which terminal and what kind of security check delay I have to go through. The British Airway flight to Frankfurt was on time so it's not too bad. We landed at Frankfurt and had to be transported by bus to the terminal. It was a surprise since I thought the Germans were pretty proud of their technological advances and their precision and promptness in everything they do. As the plane approached for landing, I see big swaths of yellow on the ground. I thought it was wheat but my uncle who picked me up from the airport said it's mustard.

I did enjoyed the autobahn experience where there is no speed limit. I got to see the old houses, the narrow streets, ... of Neuwied where my uncle lives with his wife and two kids. We stayed up late into the night catching up since I hadn't seen him since he left Vietnam in 1987 for Czechslovakia, then crossed into East Germany and then West Germany.