I love this, Monique 🖤 especially the part where your family visited Australia in the 70s. It brought back memories of how we used to visit our family in Turkey and Greece in the 80s. Since it was expensive to travel, my parents, who were guest workers in this country, could only afford one long holiday per year. We had to try and fit everything in during that one holiday. I love all the beautiful photos you took. They bring everything to life. Thank you for sharing
Thank you! I still remember the smell of the airport back then - jet fuel, tobacco, people. With Australia being so far away, we rarely had German visitors but those times were precious.
I remember passing through Frankfurt Airport many years ago, en route to Budapest. I think they were upgrading the airport at the time, so not only was it a massive space to navigate, but there was construction to move around, signs were covered over (so helpful!!), an absolute nightmare. I think this is the airport with the driverless shuttle system between the arrivals and departures areas? We rode that a couple of times because we couldn't figure out where we were supposed to be!
Frustrating and incredibly stressful at the time, but looking back it builds character and patience!
Thanks for sharing your travels - it makes me long to go overseas again.
So true about travel building character! It's definitely a frustrating, challenging, rewarding, wonderful experience to have - all those things, but I wouldn't change it. I hope you do go overseas again soon. We're already looking forward to the next big trip ... in about three years.
I love this, Monique 🖤 especially the part where your family visited Australia in the 70s. It brought back memories of how we used to visit our family in Turkey and Greece in the 80s. Since it was expensive to travel, my parents, who were guest workers in this country, could only afford one long holiday per year. We had to try and fit everything in during that one holiday. I love all the beautiful photos you took. They bring everything to life. Thank you for sharing
Thank you! I still remember the smell of the airport back then - jet fuel, tobacco, people. With Australia being so far away, we rarely had German visitors but those times were precious.
I remember passing through Frankfurt Airport many years ago, en route to Budapest. I think they were upgrading the airport at the time, so not only was it a massive space to navigate, but there was construction to move around, signs were covered over (so helpful!!), an absolute nightmare. I think this is the airport with the driverless shuttle system between the arrivals and departures areas? We rode that a couple of times because we couldn't figure out where we were supposed to be!
Frustrating and incredibly stressful at the time, but looking back it builds character and patience!
Thanks for sharing your travels - it makes me long to go overseas again.
So true about travel building character! It's definitely a frustrating, challenging, rewarding, wonderful experience to have - all those things, but I wouldn't change it. I hope you do go overseas again soon. We're already looking forward to the next big trip ... in about three years.