Frankfurt with a Dog

As a new member of STA Travel, I have to join the New Hire training in Frankfurt for a week. I don't really think that much time is necessary, however, I don't have a choice. Therefore, I had to go. First, I wanted my dog Aluna, who can't stay alone, to be looked after either my best friend Sina or my Mum. But when my Mum stated she would be working and Sina told me about her cruise that would take place exactly that week, I had to think again. As Seb can't take her with him to work and he can't do Homeoffice either, the only option was to take her with me. So I asked Annika, my colleague who is responsible for the whole training, and she reluctantly said Yes. I called the Hotel I'd be staying in, asking if Aluna was good to stay. Sure, for 15€ per night. Awesome... So I had to pay 75€ to be stressed even more from this training. But, I could take her with me.
Packing my luggage for the week, I figured that Aluna would need not only her food but also some place to rest. So I took apart her Tipi and put it into my luggage. That took up about 50% of the space. Then I also packed a towel, her food, her hair brush, her snacks and her backpack. All in all she took 85% of my luggage. I figured that the only things I would actually need for myself, were some PJs, underwear, another sweater to change, and my bathroom items. Everything else, I'd have on my body travelling or put in my own backpack (e.g. laptop, charger, book to read, my own food). Everything packed, I was ready to go.
The next morning I woke up completely destroyed. I was worrying the whole night, nervous as shit, if everything would be going to be alright. Aluna was afraid of trains since she kinda "lost" me when I took off to Frankfurt to fly to England in November. Ever since, she was shivering whenever she heard a train. Today however, she would have to go through the fear with me. I was still nervous and she senses that kinda stuff pretty easy, so of course she was quite excited as well. Seb dropped me off at the train station and it was, figuring that we would just be gone for a week... In Germany, 2hr drive away from home, pretty tearful.
We were early and so we stood at the track, watching ICEs come and go. Aluna shivered from time to time but I guess she was relieved whenever I was still with her after yet another train. When our train finally arrived, I entered the waggon, Aluna in her backpack on my front, my backpack on my back, my luggage in my right hand side, and luckily caught a seat right next to the luggage station, where I could leave my luggage and still have it in sight. The first few minutes were pretty interesting, as Aluna was very excited and jumped from her seat, to my lap, to her seat again. She wanted to get to the floor and explore the waggon, but I couldn't let her do this. In the end, she accepted my No and lay down on my jacket on her seat.
For the tube, I sat her in her backpack again, and I actually think, that was more stressful than the train, as the constant opening and closing of the doors was quite loud and freaked her out.
Finally, we arrived at the main station and were greeted by drunks, drug addicts and homeless people. Honestly, our office is directly opposite the main station and like 6 feet to the left, there were about 10–15 men, sitting in broad daylight, giving themselves shots of Cocaine. Around them, hundreds of broken beer bottles. And I had to let Aluna walk in this shit. It was disgusting.
Inside the building, the interior immediately spoke Money and Safety Cameras, so that was a real culture clash right there and then.
My colleagues were all very friendly and nice, and we had quite a good day together. Everyone was so amazed by Aluna and how she is just so quiet and cute and frugal and just wholesome in general. It must have been the millionth of times - I really adored this dog for her awesome behaviour. Not that I thought she'd behave any different. But anyway. After a long 7 hours, we were done for the day, and so we could finally check in to the hotel. This time, Christian told me, that booked the Bristol Hotel, a much nicer hotel than last time. However, I think I am just used to better standards. My room is tiny, honestly. It can't be more than 2 metres in width. I don't know where to put my luggage without falling over it... But I finally found a use for it - being Alunas basket.
I didn't give myself a lot of time to calm down, as I wanted to go to the Main river with Aluna for her first real walk today. The river was 15 min away from the hotel, and I had to go through the main station again. I am not a fan of the traffic in Frankfurt. It's so chaotic and confusing at times, you just don't know where to go to. Or at least I don't. When I arrived at the river, I thought to myself for a split-second, that Frankfurt wasn't all that bad. Then a guy greeted me from the dark shadows of the park, looking as if he'd be ready to kill me on the spot, and I decided to leave the "Bad" stamp on Frankfurt.
This, plus that I nearly stumbled walking on the bridge as I have eaten so little during the day, I decided to cut the walk short and get back to my tiny hotel room. After arriving there, I showered Alunas feet - I didn't want her to go on my bed with this city yuck on her feet - and put her on my bed. Now she sleeps in it and I don't know where I would be able to sleep...Read more