Woke up that morning and did a brisk walk over to the Rennaissance hotel which I wanted to check out and bought some goodies at a petrol station. Boy they drive fast, a bloke just missed me trying to cross the street.

Packed up, did some quick room service with a wonderful club sandwhich, then hopped on the shuttle to Gatwick.

Had the friendliest check in agent who was great and walked around the terminal, picked up some timetables for friends back home, and then again, security, A-.

I went in later so didn't have as much time at the BA lounge.

Hit the Delta lounge and one of the generic lounges. All fun.

Ironically, the flight to Frankfurt left from the very gate where I had ended up yesterday, I laughed.

They took the BP and had stacks of newspapers, including the Financial Times.

I was shocked that the plane was full.

We had to go down to the tarmac and with the coat in the suitcase it was so cold. Note that BA had 2 empty jetways near the gate dead empty.

Boarded the full 737 and threw everything but the paper into the overhead.
Taxi out and take off into a very cloudy sky. Pretty much the same planes as I had seen yesterday, not much changes at Gatwick but you do get an occassional something cool.

Plane was chalk full but was doable.

Over the clouds and East to Belgium. They said we flew near Brussels which was hard to see with varying clouds in the way.

They served an apple pie which I am not big on and so gave it back.

The mineral water did wonders, thank you.

We flew over a major German city which I could not recognize, sorry, and started our descent. They said a plane going into Frankfurt had problems and so everyone else was being put into a holding pattern while they were able to go in.

The cabin crew didn't speak a single word of German but the pilot did come on and made a good announcement in German. I think it is part of the service.

We descended and then came in from the West with a few turns.

The plane flew right over Frankfurt Airport and then past the city, then turned around.

I was on the right side so at this point, the view was awful, but as he turned around
you had a fantastische view of beloved Frankfurt-City and then the Airport. I love Frankfurt and have strong feelings for this place. I have never had such a good view before
and of course the camera was packed away. It was a new camera that I hadn't started to use yet, who knew I would have this. We pretty much did the Tour of Hesse and saw all kinds of smaller cities, beautiful homes, thousands of trees, etc. A USAF plane flew right below us going in and was wondering if that was the plane that had trouble.

We did a full turn and then came in, I believe from the West, if I have my FRA geo right.

Incredible view all the way and then touch down, right side, could see the American military base with several USAF planes, never seen so many before there, to be honest, and there was a Northwest 747 parked there as well.

The people on the left had a good view of the airport, but if we had arrived on the normal runway, the right side is always better. Quick turn around and taxi to the gate at Terminal 2.