In transit

The flight to Germany was long. I'm glad I didn't fly direct from
Australia. I had a middle seat and slept very little. I was sick with a
cold that began towards the end in Singapore.

We landed in Vienna on schedule, I passed through passport control with
ease and, after a wait of about an hour, boarded my connecting flight to
Frankfurt. The flying time was 1 hour 15 minutes. It took about two
hours 15 minutes! It was snowing heavily in Frankfurt (this is March
3!!) and they were having to clear the runways regularly. (I later heard
that in the afternoon nothing was coming in or leaving Frankfurt at all!)

In the end I landed safe and sound at around 10am local time and
negotiated my way to the train station (which is within the Airport).
After a two hour train journey (at speeds of up to 250km/h) through
snowy Germany I set foot in Freiburg at 1pm, registered my arrival with
the Sprachlehrinstitut (Department of Languages - through which I'm
doing my German course), received my keys for accommodation, found my
way there, unpacked and had a nap.