German Language Tour

Tag Eins (Day One)

by Oscar Brundell Hallo von Deutschland!

Our trip started at Melbourne Airport at 2:30 in the morning! We were all exhausted but that didn’t matter because we were going to Germany! Luckily everything went really smoothly and nobody was late. The flight departed at 5:30 am exactly, which was good because we had a very short layover in Dubai, before our next flight to Frankfurt

The first flight from Melbourne to Dubai was 13.5 hours long, but to me, it felt like it was shorter compared to our next flight which was only 6 hours long. The food, which included nasi goring, profiteroles and other delicious dishes, was surprisingly good, and we really didn’t have any complaints We all tried to get as much sleep as possible trying to adjust our body clocks into German time.

We arrived in 42 degrees, Dubai at 1 pm and spent a quick two hours waiting for the next flight We explored the Dubai terminal, in groups The Dubai International Terminal can apparently hold up to 5000 people! It was by far one of the nicest airports I’ve been to, with palm trees and even a waterfall inside! By the time we boarded our flight to Frankfurt, we were all exhausted and the only thing keeping us running was Starbucks and the three hours of sleep

The six-hour plane trip to Frankfurt was the longest, most tiring flight I’ve ever been on. Our expected arrival time in Frankfurt was 8 pm, so if we slept on the plane we wouldn’t sleep when we arrived at the hotel, so we all tried our absolute hardest not to fall asleep Many hilarious photos of posing next to Indya and Sebastian, who had fallen asleep were taken.

We landed in Frankfurt surrounded by a thunderstorm, which meant we were stuck on the plane for another 30mins The rain was so torrential the plane was actually moving side to side and it ended up flooding the terminal causing the elevator and escalators to stop working. By then we were all zombies but at least we were in warm weather.

We met Finn at the arrival hall in Frankfurt, this was lucky because if we hadn’t, we would have spent ages navigating our way to the hotel. It definitely took some time to get used to the cars and buses driving on the opposite side of the road and having no pedestrian crossing lights, but it was all part of the adventure When we finally arrived at the hotel, they hadn’t yet discovered what air-conditioning was, we were already drowning in our own sweat and the idea of stepping into the 30-degree hotel (that felt like 100 degrees) made us want to cry. We were so tired that despite the heat, a bed was all we wanted. We all had cold showers in an attempt to cool off but as soon as we stepped out we began sweating again

As of now, it is 10 pm and we have to be up at 6 am to get ready for the train to Berlin. We can’t wait! Bis Bald!