Frankfurt airport

I will be flying soon from San Francisco to Frankfurt airport in Germany
where I will transfer and fly on to Ljubljana Slovenia. I arrive and depart
in Terminal-1.

I heard some very bad stories about Frankfurt airport like, the directions
are very poor, can't get any information help, security is very tight and it
takes forever to get through the airport. On top of that I do not speak
German.

Any help regarding getting through Frankfurt airport will be appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Don

On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 02:11:37 +0000, Don Prince wrote:

I will be flying soon from San Francisco to Frankfurt airport in Germany
where I will transfer and fly on to Ljubljana Slovenia. I arrive and depart
in Terminal-1.

I heard some very bad stories about Frankfurt airport like, the directions
are very poor, can't get any information help, security is very tight and it
takes forever to get through the airport. On top of that I do not speak
German.

It appears security has been getting tougher. This said, I don't find FRA
a hard place to navigate. Signage is good and the airport is efficient,
if German-style. Everyone speaks English. Connections can be quite fast
and your luggage usually follows, in contrast with LHR where 90 minutes
while barely enough for yourself is definitely not for your luggage.


Any help regarding getting through Frankfurt airport
will be
appreciated.


Just look for a map on their web site.

"Don Prince" wrote in message
news:s1wYc.507$_g7.19@attbi_s52...
I will be flying soon from San Francisco to Frankfurt airport in Germany
where I will transfer and fly on to Ljubljana Slovenia. I arrive and
depart
in Terminal-1.

I heard some very bad stories about Frankfurt airport like, the directions
are very poor, can't get any information help, security is very tight and
it
takes forever to get through the airport. On top of that I do not speak
German.

Any help regarding getting through Frankfurt airport will be appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Don

I think you'll find a lot worse airports than Frankfurt, check out the
following website for comments on airports:
http://www.airlinequality.com Whilst Frankfurt is obviously a long way from
being the best airport around, some of the North American ones I've
travelled through have been terrible, and I don't have a language problem
there. CDG is a disorganised horrible concrete monstrosity, even parts of a
terminal fell down recently LHR has parts which are decrepit and
tumbledown.

Regards

David Bennetts
Australia

In article s1wYc.507$_g7.19@attbi_s52, Don Prince
wrote:

I heard some very bad stories about Frankfurt airport like, the directions
are very poor, can't get any information help, security is very tight and it
takes forever to get through the airport. On top of that I do not speak
German.

Any help regarding getting through Frankfurt airport will be appreciated.

I passed through Frankfurt earlier this month for the first time in
decades. Lots had changed, of course, but I don't think you'll find it
any more difficult to get around in than any other airport you've never
been to. Lots of signs, and helpful people eveywhere, I found.

Keep a smile; it's probably the first thing a stranger will notice
about you. And don't be afraid to ask for assistance if you need it.
You'll find English is spoken widely by airport/airline personnel.

I found security to be much tighter than in the U.S., and therefore
more time-consuming, but it wasn't a problem. I even got tagged for a
full baggage (backpack) search, but the young lady who conducted it was
all smiles and very gracious and friendly. Of course, allow yourself as
much time as you can.

(Caveat: I've always considered the journey to be as much a part of the
adventure as the destination.)

Have a good trip!

In article , Nobody
wrote:

(Caveat: I've always considered the journey to be as much a part of the
adventure as the destination.)

The stories I tell most tend to be about getting to and from my planned
destinations 8-) Given the choice, I like to travel by train, and from
small place to small place, which involves multiple trains. Gets
interesting 8-)

And speaking of FRA, two trips ago I got there and got lost--couldn't
find the train. Couldn't figure out why I was so confused until I
realized it had been several years since I'd been there and they were in
the middle of renovations ; my previous trip I'd used Munich 8-)

--
Mary Loomer Oliver (aka Erilar)

You can't reason with someone whose first line of argument
is that reason doesn't count. Isaac Asimov

Erilar's Cave Annex: http://www.airstreamcomm.net/~erilarlo

In article ,
erilar wrote:

In article , Nobody
wrote:

(Caveat: I've always considered the journey to be as much a part of the
adventure as the destination.)

The stories I tell most tend to be about getting to and from my planned
destinations 8-) Given the choice, I like to travel by train, and from
small place to small place, which involves multiple trains. Gets
interesting 8-)

And tight schedules! ;-)

I agree, train travel is much more fun, though a tad pricey in Germany.
It's also a great way to make new friends and practice language skills.
Seems folks everywhere are far more interested in making small talk
with foreign visitors during a train trip.

And, yes, the small-place-to-small-place trips are great. The best way
to really see a country is to visit the small places, I feel. Of
course, that doesn't mean ignore the big cities, just work in the small
towns along the way.

In late July I was headed to very small village in Bavaria. One of the
guys punching tickets, about midway to my destination, remarked with
grin how odd it was for an American to be headed to that small place.

In article , Nobody
wrote:

In article ,
erilar wrote:

In article , Nobody
wrote:

(Caveat: I've always considered the journey to be as much a part of
the
adventure as the destination.)

The stories I tell most tend to be about getting to and from my planned
destinations 8-) Given the choice, I like to travel by train, and from
small place to small place, which involves multiple trains. Gets
interesting 8-)

And tight schedules! ;-)

Very! With the number of trains that don't run on time any more, it
can get really adventurous!! 8-0

I agree, train travel is much more fun, though a tad pricey in Germany.

I use a GermanRail pass when I'm there. Really simplifies things and
I save money, too. (I've never planned a trip where Eurail wouldn't
double the price of individual tickets!!)

It's also a great way to make new friends and practice language skills.
Seems folks everywhere are far more interested in making small talk
with foreign visitors during a train trip.

Oh, that's one of the best parts 8-) I'm fluent in German and can
start a conversation with 9 of 10 fellow passengers.

And, yes, the small-place-to-small-place trips are great. The best way
to really see a country is to visit the small places, I feel. Of
course, that doesn't mean ignore the big cities, just work in the small
towns along the way.
For me, most big cities are places to change trains except for a few
where I have friends.

In late July I was headed to very small village in Bavaria. One of the
guys punching tickets, about midway to my destination, remarked with
grin how odd it was for an American to be headed to that small place.

Sounds like my kind of destination 8-)

--
Mary Loomer Oliver (aka Erilar)

You can't reason with someone whose first line of argument
is that reason doesn't count. Isaac Asimov

Erilar's Cave Annex: http://www.airstreamcomm.net/~erilarlo

In article ,
erilar wrote:

I use a GermanRail pass when I'm there. Really simplifies things and
I save money, too. (I've never planned a trip where Eurail wouldn't
double the price of individual tickets!!)

My schedule in Germany didn't allow for a pass, so I had to go with
full fare. Nice, but pricey.

After I got to the Czech Republic, my schedule was up to me. But, of
course, Czech rail travel is so much cheaper to begin with. Trains were
older - the ones I was on, anyway, though I did see new ones - but
plenty comfortable enough.

I think it was $9 from Praha to Furth-im-Wald, similar from Cesky
Krumlov to Praha, etc.

Hlavni Nadrazi in Praha is a hoot of a station, though. ;-)

Oh, that's one of the best parts 8-) I'm fluent in German and can
start a conversation with 9 of 10 fellow passengers.

I think of myself as illiterate in three languages. Four, if you count
English. ;-)

No problem. I never had any problems with that airport, and Germany is a
good place for English, second only to Holland or Scandinavia. Make sure
you
are going to Frankfurt am Main and not Frankfurt Hahn (a long way outside
of
the Frankfurt area) or Frankfurt an der Oder (which probably doesn't even
have an airport!) Also find out what the Serbo-Croat (if that is what they
speak in Slovenia... maybe there is a Slovenian language?) for "Frankfurt"
and "Germany" are, for your return.

Good luck

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Don Prince wrote:

I will be flying soon from San Francisco to Frankfurt airport in Germany
where I will transfer and fly on to Ljubljana Slovenia. I arrive and depart
in Terminal-1.

I heard some very bad stories about Frankfurt airport like, the directions
are very poor, can't get any information help, security is very tight and it
takes forever to get through the airport. On top of that I do not speak
German.

Any help regarding getting through Frankfurt airport will be appreciated.

Though I've flown into Frankfurt recently, I haven't had to change
planes there since getting off a flight from Boston on the morning of
September 11, 2001. (I'm not kidding.)

I didn't find it difficult to navigate then- there are signs in English,
and you will find it easy to find staff who speak English. As for
security, when I last used the airport last July, I didn't find it
particularly unusual compared to any other major airport nowadays.

David

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