Air Canada lounge, Frankfurt Airport, Germany

Quite a no. of airlines make use of this Air Canada lounge.  Qatar is one of them.  The lounge is quite in a cozy ambience, but the food selection is quite limited.

Qatar Airway operated on LATAM A350 - Doha to Frankfurt

Got an automated email from Qatar Airways a month prior to the flights between Doha and Frankfurt with the new seating configuration 2-2-2, instead of 1-2-1 (herring fish bone seats).  The plane is still A350.  I get puzzled on this new 2-2-2 seating and even wondered if that would be the Q-suite - the new  business class of Qatar airways with 4 seats open up as a small compartment - good for the family.

Then as I took the shuttle ride to the boarding field, we got stopped at an LATAM aircraft.  Though the crew is in Qatar uniform, I had to ask them again if I boarded on a right plane.  There they gave me the answer that they rented the aircraft from LATAM.  It's quite surprising that I could fly on a LATAM aircraft in Asia.  Somehow I prefer this kind of seating rather than the Herring fish bone seats.  Qatar Airways is really remarkable with their inflight services and meals.  A crew came to me and introduced about himself and further said "I'm from South Africa".  That was quite a familiar note like I was watching Miss Universe.

ICE (Inter-City Express), 1st class and private compartment, Frankfurt to Cologne, Germany

If you have a fixed travel schedule for your flight and hotel, it's advisable to book the train ticket online in advance, and also pay a few more (about 10-20%), you can get some premium seats like the below photo 3.  The train ticket for single journey from Frankfurt to Cologne is about EUR25-50 per person.  Journey time takes about an hour by a high speed ICE train (250-300km@hour).  As I boarded on the train, I found out there are some private compartments (photo 4-6).  Good for those who don't wanna sit with the others.

Frankfurt at night

Frankfurt, Germany

Little roller, Old Opera House, Frankfurt

Eiserner Steg (Iron bridge), Frankfurt, Germany

If and how many could be remembered....

Zeit Shopping Mall, Frankfurt, Germany

This shopping mall reminds me of a time tunnel or the liquid metal cyborg killer T-1000 (from Terminator 2).  Got intrigued to check this out and this is the success of a shopping mall calling for customers flow.

Adina apartment hotel Neue Oper, Frankfurt, Germany

This serviced apartment is in a quiet location but yet easily accessible to the city centre within 5-10 minute walk and 10 minute walk to the train station in 2 opposite directions.  The room is very spacious  with a living room and dining area.  It's not common to have a swimming pool in the hotel (there are about 10 hotels having swimming pools in Frankfurt) as well as a gym (though not a well equipped one).