awesome

Gabe and I had an awesome post-Herrnhut/pre-home adventure in Frankfurt last weekend. As some of you may or may not know, in Germany there is an arranged ride-sharing website called mitfahrgelegenheit, and Gabe and I got to use it for the first time to travel from the Hut to Frankfurt. We were (well, I was...) concerned about travel arrangements--train is too long or expensive, housing in the city could be spendy as our arranged ride would get us there a few days too early, language barriers, typical German auto trunk sizes relative to American suitcases... Anyway, our driver told us over the phone that he had an empty flat that wasn't in use, as his kids are away at school--so we are welcome to stay there the night that we drive, because it will be so late when we get in. As it turned out, not only did we get to stay the first night in the city, but both nights with he and his wife, but they also took us to steak dinner, didn't charge us for the drive as a wedding present, and went to work late the morning of our flight so that he could serve us breakfast and drive us to the airport! How awesome is that!?! It was a great way to kick off a good trip home. And now we are busy reconnecting with family and friends in the midst of planning the final details for the wedding :-)