MAINZ BUS RIDES & JOHN (6/23-Fri)

Breakfast-buy all day bus passes next door for $7 each. Get on bus #58 @9:30-back at 10:45. Get on bus #56 back at 10::45. ARBNOR SYLA from Albania is our wonderful driver. Bus drivers are incredible how they maneuver narrow streets, past cars, bikes, street cars, pedestrians & other busses for 8 hr shifts. During 10 min break at 1/2 point, ARBNOR buys me an ice cream. THANK YOU. Make it back for a nap at 12:30. Armand reads.

ARBNOR is the 2nd person from Albania that has really been nice to us. The other was the bike angel who lead us to our hotel in FRANKFURT.

After nap take another bus trip. Come back and walk downtown to festival. At least 500 temporary food stands, rides & people selling everything imaginable stretching over several miles.

Pick up salads and tea on way back to hotel. Take 1 more hour bus ride. Cross street to train station to greet John, Amy, Patrick and Philip as they get off train from Paris at 9:20 pm. They set a record for efficient packing-very impressive and very happy to see them. Walk mile to Super 8 hotel with them. Then follow our phone back to hotel. Door locked, no one at desk. Armand figures out our room key opens door to hotel. Now almost 11.

I’m going to miss my salads and tea
AMY & PHILIP with luggage for mile walk to SUPER 8 HOTEL
PATRICK, PHILIP, JOHN AND AMY-still smiling ☺ after a really long day. Our BIKE 🚲 and BOAT adventure starts tomorrow

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