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Wednesday 13 August 2003 - stopover in Frankfurt for a bottle of Äppler - long direct flight to SFO - bless the new BART extension to Caltrain in Millbrae - the last SamTrans bus 251 back home - everything's fine at the apartment

Wednesday 13 August 2003

Good morning! Today we will fly home, kind of in an irregular way. I would usually fly from SFO to Washington Dulles and Munich, and Munich to Washington Dulles and San Francisco, but somehow I could not book that flight, so I did the next best thing, to manage a return flight through Frankfurt Rhein-Main Airport. I left the secure area to buy a bottle of Äppler to take home, and nearly missed my flight home as a result. That would not have been good. I made my flight and ended up back home, and the BART, Caltrain and Samtrans got me home in good time. It is not quite the last story for this vacation, I have a small family affair to write about for the coming weekend. Hope you will enjoy this story.

Guten Morgen! Heute fliegen wir, etwas unregelmäßig, nach Hause. Normalerweise flog ich von SFO nach Washington Dulles und München und von München nach Washington Dulles und San Francisco, aber irgendwie konnte ich diesen Flug nicht buchen, also tat ich das Nächstbeste, einen Rückflug über den Frankfurter Rhein-Main-Flughafen zu buchen. Ich verließ den Sicherheitsbereich, um eine Flasche Äppler für die Heimreise zu kaufen, und hätte dadurch beinahe meinen Heimflug verpasst. Das wäre nicht gut gewesen. Ich flog und landete wieder zu Hause, und BART, Caltrain and Samtrans brachten mich rechtzeitig nach Hause. Es ist nicht ganz die letzte Geschichte für diesen Urlaub, ich habe für das kommende Wochenende eine kleine Familienangelegenheit zu schreiben. Ich hoffe, Ihnen wird diese Geschichte gefallen.

Bonjour! Aujourd'hui, nous rentrerons chez nous, de manière irrégulière. Je volais habituellement de SFO à Washington Dulles et Munich, et de Munich à Washington Dulles et San Francisco, mais je ne pouvais pas réserver ce vol, alors j'ai fait la meilleure chose à faire, pour gérer un vol de retour via l'aéroport de Francfort Rhein-Main. J'ai quitté la zone sécurisée pour acheter une bouteille d'Äppler à ramener à la maison et j'ai failli rater mon vol de retour. Cela n'aurait pas été bon. J'ai pris mon vol et je suis rentré chez moi, et BART, Caltrain et Samtrans m'a ramenaient à la maison à temps. Ce n'est pas tout à fait la dernière histoire de ces vacances, j'ai une petite affaire de famille à écrire pour le week-end à venir. J'espère que vous apprécierez cette histoire.

Dobro jutro! Danes bomo leteli domov, nekako neredno. Običajno sem letel iz SFO v Washington Dulles in München ter iz Münchna v Washington Dulles in San Francisco, vendar tega leta nekako nisem mogel rezervirati, zato sem naredil naslednje najboljše, da sem uredil povratni let prek letališča Frankfurt Rhein-Main. Zapustil sem varovano območje, da bi kupil steklenico Äpplerja za domov, in zaradi tega skoraj zamudil let domov. To ne bi bilo dobro. Opravil sem svoj let in se vrnil domov, BART, Caltrain in SamTrans pa me je pravočasno pripeljal domov. To ni čisto zadnja zgodba za te počitnice, imam majhno družinsko zadevo, o kateri moram pisati za prihajajoči vikend. Upam, da vam bo ta zgodba všeč.

Dobro jutro! Danas ćemo letjeti kući, nekako neregularnim putem. Obično bih letio iz SFO-a za Washington Dulles i München, i iz Münchena za Washington Dulles i San Francisco, ali nekako nisam mogao rezervirati taj let, pa sam učinio sljedeću najbolju stvar, organizirao povratni let preko zračne luke Frankfurt Rhein-Main. Napustio sam sigurno područje kako bih kupio bocu Äpplera za ponijeti kući i zbog toga zamalo propustio let kući. To ne bi bilo dobro. Otišla sam na let i vratila se kući, a BART, Caltrain i SamTrans me vratio kući na vrijeme. Nije to posljednja priča za ovaj odmor, imam malu obiteljsku aferu o kojoj ću pisati za nadolazeći vikend. Nadam se da ćete uživati u ovoj priči.

Buongiorno! Oggi voleremo a casa, un po' in modo irregolare. Di solito volavo da SFO a Washington Dulles e Monaco, e da Monaco a Washington Dulles e San Francisco, ma in qualche modo non potevo prenotare quel volo, quindi ho fatto la cosa migliore, gestire un volo di ritorno attraverso l'aeroporto di Francoforte sul Meno. Ho lasciato l'area protetta per comprare una bottiglia di Äppler da portare a casa e, di conseguenza, ho quasi perso il volo di ritorno. Non sarebbe stato bello. Ho fatto il mio volo e sono tornato a casa, e i BART, Caltrain e SamTrans mi hanno riportato a casa in tempo utile. Non è proprio l'ultima storia di questa vacanza, ho un piccolo affare di famiglia di cui scrivere per il prossimo fine settimana. Spero che ti piacerà questa storia.

It must have been 6:30 AM when I woke up, to take a shower, get dressed, and reorganize my luggage. I had to store the Keglevich bottle in a way that would allow my other clothes to be safely transported. In 2003, there was no restriction on carrying liquids in carry-on luggage. As long as I could carry everything in my two bags, that was the important thing. I went down to breakfast with my luggage. I put them in a safe spot next to my table. After breakfast, I checked out of the hotel, walked to the Hauptbahnhof S Bahn station, and boarded an S Bahn for the airport. It was one of the newer ET 423 series. It had air conditioning, so opening the window would have no benefit. The train passed through Karlsplatz/Stachus, Marienplatz, Isartor, Rosenheimer Platz, Ostbahnhof and then up through Englschalking, Johanneskirchen, Ismaning, the Visitor's Park station and finally the Airport. Finding the way to the terminal was easy.

I entered the airport terminal, and then checked in my wheeled bag. They said I would receive it only when I arrived at San Francisco, so that is one of the things that needs to be taken into account, when there is no connecting flight on the East Coast of the USA. The flight would depart about 11 AM for Frankfurt Airport, and there would be a 3 PM direct flight from Frankfurt to San Francisco. After I checked into my flight, I went to buy some candies for my work colleagues, then I waited in the waiting area, listened to Bayern 3 on the radio until it was time to board the flight to Frankfurt. The flight was an Airbus A321. There would not be any meaningful entertainment on board, and the inflight service was limited to drinks and snacks. I landed about 1:15 PM.

When I landed at Frankfurt, we had not gone through Schengen customs, so I was still technically in Germany. That would change, when I went to check into my flight for San Francisco, where an exit stamp would be necessary. I had left the terminal, just to go to the S-Bahn station grocery store (I do not believe it exists anymore) that I also went to on 8th November 2002, to buy a bottle of Äppler. I was able to buy the Äppler for about € 1,50. Going back to the terminal entry for my flight to San Francisco, I had a bit of a challenge. I had to let the security guard know that I had a flight to San Francisco that left at 3 PM. He was able to get me to the front, where he could check to see that I did not have any unnecessary metal items that could not legally go through the X ray machine.

I was able to get to the Schengen passport control desk in time for me to board my flight. The flight had started boarding, but I still had some time to find my seat. The airplane was a Boeing 777. It was built for long distance flights, particularly to the West Coast of the USA. The flight took off about 3:15 PM. It flew over the Rhineland, Belgium, Netherlands, northern England, Northern Ireland, and about 100 miles south of Iceland. I don't know exactly how high it was, but I think it flew as high as 39,000 feet, or 11,000 meters high. I watched maybe a couple of movies but not much. The inflight meal was fine. It had some German food, I think mild gulash, and I had a Beck's beer. I had to fill out the customs declaration card and say how much I bought and what countries that I visited. I did not visit a farm, so I was okay.

The flight went on to San Francisco and I think it landed around 8:30 PM local time, so nine hours behind Germany. For me, it was more like 5:30 AM. Before landing, we were served a light dinner, also with a Beck's beer.

It was a long flight, but that would not be my longest flight that year - November 2003 I would have an even longer flight to Hong Kong SAR. When I landed, it was in Terminal G, which was just newly opened along with Terminal A, just in front of the Harvey Milk Terminal which I departed from and arrived at as late as August 1998. I had my passport checked and received an entry stamp back into the USA. Then I went to the baggage claim. San Francisco is a bit more thorough than Washington Dulles when it comes to customs and goods to declare. They did not say much about the Keglevich or Äppler. I was allowed to go to the BART terminal and board the BART Train to Millbrae, where I alighted and transferred to the Caltrain southbound for Hillsdale in San Mateo. I had to buy three tickets in total. Luckily the 251 bus was running from Hillsdale Station to Hillsdale Blvd and Edgewater Blvd that night.

I caught possibly the last 251 bus to Hillsdale and Edgewater. It went past US-101 and crossed the bridge into Foster City. The bus stopped at the corner, and it was just a matter of me making one street crossing and making the last 100 meters to my apartment. Luckily I had already prepaid the August 2003 rent, and when I went into my apartment, everything looked like it was still there. I closed my door with the suitcase and bag inside. I did not bother to look in my mailbox, that could wait until the next day. I was so tired, and I turned on my alarm clock to play 94.9 FM about 6 AM the next morning. I think it was 10 PM when I went to sleep.

The next morning about 5:55 AM I woke up and made some coffee for myself. I would not need to be in the office until 7 AM. The car started up just fine. I went to work, and set out the candies for everyone to enjoy, and I got to work. The rest of the week went by fast.

On the weekend, I went to see my mother, as my father was on a business journey. She wanted to see the C/2003 K4 comet, and she wanted to be sure I was able to see it as well. We went to the Foothill College observatory in Los Altos Hills, as it was one of the best places to see it. But I'll have a better description of it in a few days. Hope you will join me then. Good night!

Am Wochenende besuchte ich meine Mutter, da mein Vater auf Geschäftsreise war. Sie wollte den Kometen C/2003 K4 sehen, und sie wollte sichergehen, dass ich ihn auch sehen konnte. Wir gingen zum Observatorium des Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, da es einer der besten Orte war, um es zu sehen. Aber ich werde es in ein paar Tagen genauer beschreiben. Ich hoffe, Sie kommen dann zu mir. Gute Nacht!

Le week-end, je suis allé voir ma mère, car mon père était en voyage d'affaires. Elle voulait voir la comète C/2003 K4, et elle voulait être sûre que je pouvais aussi la voir. Nous sommes allés à l'observatoire du Foothill College à Los Altos Hills, car c'était l'un des meilleurs endroits pour le voir. Mais j'en aurai une meilleure description dans quelques jours. J'espère que vous me rejoindrez alors. Bonne nuit!

Konec tedna sem šel k mami, saj je bil oče na službeni poti. Želela je videti komet C/2003 K4 in želela je biti prepričana, da ga lahko vidim tudi jaz. Šli smo na observatorij Foothill College v Los Altos Hills, saj je bilo to eno najboljših krajev za ogled. Čez nekaj dni bom imel boljši opis. Upam, da se mi boš takrat pridružil. Lahko noč!

Za vikend sam otišla kod mame jer je otac bio na poslovnom putu. Htjela je vidjeti komet C/2003 K4 i htjela je biti sigurna da ga i ja mogu vidjeti. Otišli smo u zvjezdarnicu Foothill College u Los Altos Hills, jer je to bilo jedno od najboljih mjesta za vidjeti. Ali dobit ću bolji opis za nekoliko dana. Nadam se da ćeš mi se tada pridružiti. Laku noć!

Nel fine settimana sono andato a trovare mia madre, perché mio padre era in viaggio d'affari. Voleva vedere la cometa C/2003 K4 e voleva essere sicura che anch'io potessi vederla. Siamo andati all'osservatorio del Foothill College a Los Altos Hills, perché era uno dei posti migliori per vederlo. Ma ne darò una descrizione migliore tra qualche giorno. Spero che ti unirai a me allora. Buona notte!

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