Border by Bus

It's an early rise today as I'm having to catch the bus instead of the train due to the industrial action in Germany, and here's me thinking we've got it rough in the UK. With the protests in Paris and the strikes in Germany were all in the same boat just on a different side of the channel. The taxi driver is really chatty and it's nice we can communicate even with the language difficulty. Nico meets me for breakfast and when we sit down I realise I've lost my phone. Nico calls it thinking I've left it in the cab but a lady answers and I'm relieved when she tells Nico she's outside the cafe we're in. Phone returned we finish breakfast and I once again bid my farewells to Nico and board my bus to Frankfurt. As we drive out through the suburbs we enter pastures of green. And after a couple of stops we enter Germany. The structure of the buildings changes and before too long we are at the border check where a policeman and policewoman board the bus and check everyones passport. It's not common for this to happen as the Schengen rules generally allow Europeans to cross borders with no fuss but I guess because there are people on board who aren't part of the rules they will check everyone. I t takes no time at allLes mer